How many are using FB groups to sell now instead of AZ for sale subforum?

Mike, I switched to posting all my work and all the new things I'm doing to pool tables on my Facebook page, BECAUSE of the feed back I get from members here on AZB. Things like.....I'm just patting myself on my back....who cares what you're doing....it's not rocket science.... I know a lot of guys that work on pool tables..."and they're just as good as you are"....what an ego maniac....and all the rest of the BS that comes out of their mouths. Who needs it?

People always thinking they have a right to get into other people's business seems to be the norm here anymore. I like AZB, always have, supported it 100% to the point that I never offered my services to any other websites....and for what? Yes, I still get a lot of requests for my services because of my affiliation with AZB, but I get just as much from Facebook as well.
I may sound like a real novice and I am, but how do people find you on face book?
 
I may sound like a real novice and I am, but how do people find you on face book?
By the fact that most people already know who I am, so I get friends requests all the time then they have friends as well, so it starts the ball rolling to their friends who have friends as well. I can be found by my real name, Glen Hancock, as most ppl" on AZB are aware of and have been for years, I've been a member here since 2006.
 
You have no idea how much I like this idea. Originally, the NPR section was set up to give people to go and vent a little steam.

Personally, I stay as far away from that area as I can unless I am looking at a reported post.

Mike, I haven't looked at NPR in years! It has no relevance to me as I'm primarily interested in billiard related topics when I go to AZ. If NPR is also "clogging" up your system then why not just let it go. I for one wouldn't miss it.
 
By the fact that most people already know who I am, so I get friends requests all the time then they have friends as well, so it starts the ball rolling to their friends who have friends as well. I can be found by my real name, Glen Hancock, as most ppl" on AZB are aware of and have been for years, I've been a member here since 2006.

I found you and also discovered I am on facebook. I looked on my list of pass words and there it was. I don't even remember signing up. I think I see a big advantage of facebook over just a web site which is what I have.

People feel like they know you on facebook, there is a trust factor created there. Everybody who goes in a business loves to say, "I know the guy who owns this place" or "Lets go there, I know the owner".
That seems to be what you get with facebook. Interesting.
 
I agree....Bye Bye NPR...The only people who will miss it, that participate in the main forum and for sale forum are a "few" of the same guys who are know it alls in all forums....or that come in the "pat someone on the back" for hating someone they hate.....NPR is gross, and makes this place look bad....
 
Until someone can suggest a way to allow folks to reply to messages in that area and not game the system, I think we have to keep it like this.

It has been mentioned quite a few times that there is a setting/addon for a vbulletin forum that
allows anyone to post in a certain thread but only when the op posts does the thread get bumped
to the top. Combine that with only allowing 1 post per 48 hours per thread from the op and there
you have it.

gr. Dave
 
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I still feel that if AZB were to drop the NPR' forum....the problems with AZB would clear up on their own, as all those posters would go away, most don't give a damn' about pool anyway, which is why they have nothing to contribute, yet want to argue anything and everything in the main forum because it's nothing more than another place they can get into a debate with someone.

I don't visit the NPR section and to this day don't understand why it is a part of a billiards forum.
 
I don't visit the NPR section and to this day don't understand why it is a part of a billiards forum.

Maybe because people with a mutual interest in pool enjoy discussing meaningful things in life beyond the same old tired subjects here:

- Are LD shafts better than regular shafts? Which one is the best?
- Does the cue butt affect how the cue plays?
- Why do custom cues cost so much? Do they make a difference?
- Is pool a sport?
- Which chalk is best? OMG….Kamui chalk costs so much.
- Which tip is best? Nickel or dime radius?
- Do aiming systems work? Which one is the best?
- Who is the best player ever?
- How Earl is bad for pool. And what contraption is he wearing now?
- How CJ is just using the forum to sell DVDs.
- How AZ is running off pool pros from participating……lots of irony with that one.
- Who has Realkingcobra screwed over now?
- Which cue maker hasn’t delivered on time now?
- Why do Southwest cues have such a long wait list?
- How bad does the APA suck? And what about that sandbagging?
- How Corey Deuel’s break isn’t fair.
- How the Wanted / For Sale section sucks now.
- How ivory in cues is killing elephants.
- Bill Stroud sucks for not making the dream cue.
- Why is pool going downhill?
- Smoking in pool rooms…..is it bad for pool?
- The gall of Rhea for going on the road.
- OMG…..Roy Malott is just so mean.
- What is John Barton arguing about now? And he's a sell-out for going to China.
- How jump cues have ruined the game.
- And the all-important one…….just how big is Mike Dechaine’s head?

I'm sure I missed a few......there are just so many important ones that it's impossible to remember then all.

And in the irony of all ironies......what may be the most popular thread in the Main Forum ever (Funny pic/gif thread) is not about pool.
 
Maybe because people with a mutual interest in pool enjoy discussing meaningful things in life beyond the same old tired subjects here:

- Are LD shafts better than regular shafts? Which one is the best?
- Does the cue butt affect how the cue plays?
- Why do custom cues cost so much? Do they make a difference?
- Is pool a sport?
- Which chalk is best? OMG….Kamui chalk costs so much.
- Which tip is best? Nickel or dime radius?
- Do aiming systems work? Which one is the best?
- Who is the best player ever?
- How Earl is bad for pool. And what contraption is he wearing now?
- How CJ is just using the forum to sell DVDs.
- How AZ is running off pool pros from participating……lots of irony with that one.
- Who has Realkingcobra screwed over now?
- Which cue maker hasn’t delivered on time now?
- Why do Southwest cues have such a long wait list?
- How bad does the APA suck? And what about that sandbagging?
- How Corey Deuel’s break isn’t fair.
- How the Wanted / For Sale section sucks now.
- How ivory in cues is killing elephants.
- Bill Stroud sucks for not making the dream cue.
- Why is pool going downhill?
- Smoking in pool rooms…..is it bad for pool?
- The gall of Rhea for going on the road.
- OMG…..Roy Malott is just so mean.
- What is John Barton arguing about now? And he's a sell-out for going to China.
- How jump cues have ruined the game.
- And the all-important one…….just how big is Mike Dechaine’s head?

I'm sure I missed a few......there are just so many important ones that it's impossible to remember then all.

And in the irony of all ironies......what may be the most popular thread in the Main Forum ever (Funny pic/gif thread) is not about pool.

Funny you even posted in the Main Forum, seeing how about 19,000 of your 20,000+ posts are in the NPR' forums:rolleyes:
 
Until someone can suggest a way to allow folks to reply to messages in that area and not game the system, I think we have to keep it like this.

Mike

Mike,

The bottom line is the changes didn't improve the Wanted/For sale section.. It made it worse...

Yes!
There were people doing whatever it took to maximize their exposure , and there's always going to be a few that will try to beat any system.. Who cares??

A forum cannot succeed without participation..
Change it back, and work on a solution.. Right now you have nothing more than a failing sub forum..
 
Mike,

The bottom line is the changes didn't improve the Wanted/For sale section.. It made it worse...

Yes!
There were people doing whatever it took to maximize their exposure , and there's always going to be a few that will try to beat any system.. Who cares??

A forum cannot succeed without participation..
Change it back, and work on a solution.. Right now you have nothing more than a failing sub forum..

agreed.... the interaction and information that many buyers and seller may not know is vital to making it work... find a way to let others post without bumping the thread or put it back the way it was and monitor it closely...my $.02
 
Funny you even posted in the Main Forum, seeing how about 19,000 of your 20,000+ posts are in the NPR' forums:rolleyes:

Yeah, I lurk and rarely post here because the same old tired subjects are just that.....and don't really interest me. I'm sorry you missed that point.

And you know what else is funny? How you think you're in any position to judge anything around here given your history. Your lack of self-awareness is pretty amazing.
 
I would like to see it changed to where someone could comment, but the thread only gets bumped to the top by the OP. And only after 48 hours...................
 
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Yeah , I lu rkd arely post here because the same old tired subjects are just that.....and don't really interest me. I'm sorry you missed that point.

And you know what else is funny? How you think you're in any position to judge anything around here given your history. Your lack of self-awareness is pretty amazing.
Thank you for being a stand up example of just exactly why NPR' should be dropped, you've been a member of AZB since 2004, and you not only know nothing about me, you've had nothing to contribute, yet never fail to jump in a thread that really has nothing to do with you, just as long as you can post in it, this isn't the NPR forum....it's down the hall and around the corner!:rolleyes:
 
Thank you for being a stand up example of just exactly why NPR' should be dropped, you've been a member of AZB since 2004, and you not only know nothing about me, you've had nothing to contribute, yet never fail to jump in a thread that really has nothing to do with you, just as long as you can post in it, this isn't the NPR forum....it's down the hall and around the corner!:rolleyes:


I know plenty about you by virtue of your business practices being publicly discussed here in the forum. And plenty of it is negative as you well know.

How do you know what I have contributed? You don't. But what I have not contributed is a history of bad business dealings which have stunk up the forum......so I guess you got me there - congratulations.

So now I never fail to jump into a thread that has nothing to do with me? Weren't you just chastising me for how little I post here? Come on.....make up your mind will you?

And in case you missed it - it was you who starting with the ignorance about NPR in post #33 as if you actually know anything about it and the people there.......and also as if NPR has anything to do with this thread LOL.
 
I know plenty about you by virtue of your business practices being publicly discussed here in the forum. And plenty of it is negative as you well know.

How do you know what I have contributed? You don't. But what I have not contributed is a history of bad business dealings which have stunk up the forum......so I guess you got me there - congratulations.

So now I never fail to jump into a thread that has nothing to do with me? Weren't you just chastising me for how little I post here? Come on.....make up your mind will you?

And in case you missed it - it was you who starting with the ignorance about NPR in post #33 as if you actually know anything about it and the people there.......and also as if NPR has anything to do with this thread LOL.

You do know that anyone can look at the history of all your postings right?....No NPR, no you:D
 
NPR is made up of mostly guys that watch political talking heads on one side or the other, then post the lies on NPR. Dumb asses think one crook is better than the other crook. Get rid of ARP. Only about 20 posters that miss there debate club like they miss there baby blanket care. Johnnyt
 
NPR is made up of mostly guys that watch political talking heads on one side or the other, then post the lies on NPR. Dumb asses think one crook is better than the other crook. Get rid of ARP. Only about 20 posters that miss there debate club like they miss there baby blanket care. Johnnyt

LOL, that's AARP Johnny.
 
I know plenty about you by virtue of your business practices being publicly discussed here in the forum. And plenty of it is negative as you well know.

How do you know what I have contributed? You don't. But what I have not contributed is a history of bad business dealings which have stunk up the forum......so I guess you got me there - congratulations.

So now I never fail to jump into a thread that has nothing to do with me? Weren't you just chastising me for how little I post here? Come on.....make up your mind will you?

And in case you missed it - it was you who starting with the ignorance about NPR in post #33 as if you actually know anything about it and the people there.......and also as if NPR has anything to do with this thread LOL.

I went back 20 pages of all your posts, and 3 were not NPR...and that's the 3 posts you've made in this thread....buddy, you live in the NPR forum!....20 PAGES BACK....ALL NPR, and just for the hell of it, I clicked on your 40th' page of posts, and what do ya know....all NPR, yeah, you're a REAL AZB member....NOT!
 
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