[Help] CBS is going to buy CNET. Updates to this post /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:11:09 +0100 Reply from Luck of the Irish /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-5207496 CBS already owns help.com

]]> Luck of the Irish Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:16:02 +0100 Reply from Commander Ikari /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-5120576 That’s the way the money goes, pop goes the weasel.

]]> Commander Ikari Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:36:39 +0100 Reply from Nante /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-5119784 [quote Dr. Foreman]what a great retrospective this is. A year ago we were trying to assure each other that everything was going to be better, and what did we get? An overworked admin who passed his job off to a donothing admin who broke everything about the site we enjoyed. Way to be, CBS, way to be.[/quote]

Oh how we were fooled…

]]> Nante Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:09:42 +0100 Reply from BaconByAnyOtherName /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-5077258 what a great retrospective this is. A year ago we were trying to assure each other that everything was going to be better, and what did we get? An overworked admin who passed his job off to a donothing admin who broke everything about the site we enjoyed. Way to be, CBS, way to be.

]]> BaconByAnyOtherName Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:06:25 +0100 Reply from Unknown User /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-4052275 [quote ►Shizuko-Sophie◄]well I have just been talking about this with some experianced developers and network managers….

Their point of veiw is two bad apples coming together.

could just be to improve the status of cbs in the field.[/quote]

Douchenozzels.

]]> Unknown User Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:09:06 +0100 Reply from Time Traveller /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-3992506 Since they have intellectual rights to the content could they publish it, poems etc.

]]> Time Traveller Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:21:53 +0100 Reply from most-wanted-websites /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-3805167 I agree that the current setup of help.com is probably more of a headache than anything else for CBS.

I have setup http://help-find.org/chart to function without any “outside” moderation whatsoever (note, however, that each participant is able to exclude other/annoying participants from the network/s they manage).

]]> most-wanted-websites Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:23:13 +0100 Reply from ɐʇɐɯɹǝɟ.Suc /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-3763178 I agree that this site isn’t as devoted to as the other sites by cnet, but I mean it is still here. And we have admins and volunteer mods. I think most people like cbs would take it even less seriously.

]]> ɐʇɐɯɹǝɟ.Suc Wed, 21 May 2008 15:13:09 +0100 Reply from Fizz /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-3763096 [quote -Sophie-]Where Help.com is concerned this can be good.

This site cant make up what it is trying to be, badly mannaged and not taken seriously by cnet at all.

Under new ownership the site may get a more possitive development and management.[/quote]

CBS isn’t much better where it comes to managing website communities. I was a part of a prior CBS community on their own website, instead of fixing the problems with trolls, they closed the community, the regular users weren’t taken into consideration, it’s not about loyalty, it’s about money. If it cost them more money to develop and manage then they are profiting from it, then it’s bye bye Help.

]]> Fizz Wed, 21 May 2008 14:50:21 +0100 Reply from ɐʇɐɯɹǝɟ.Suc /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-3752856 *is scared*

]]> ɐʇɐɯɹǝɟ.Suc Sun, 18 May 2008 14:42:44 +0100 Reply from Commander Ikari /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-3743320 I don’t like the sound of this.

]]> Commander Ikari Fri, 16 May 2008 03:11:36 +0100 Reply from gimli /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-3740919 My fear is that help.com will cease to exist. I think that this site probably does not generate much revenue (how many of us click on the banner ads?) and so CBS is going to probably consider it a waste of whatever resources are currently being devoted to it. That may also be why we don’t have professional moderators, as well. I bet that CNET would be losing money if they paid for someone to have it as their full time project.

In any event, time will tell.

]]> gimli Thu, 15 May 2008 17:16:29 +0100 Reply from ►Shizuko-Sophie◄ /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-3740575 well I have just been talking about this with some experianced developers and network managers….

Their point of veiw is two bad apples coming together.

could just be to improve the status of cbs in the field.

]]> ►Shizuko-Sophie◄ Thu, 15 May 2008 14:12:12 +0100 Reply from Bex /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-3740549 Fingers crossed it will be a good thing.

]]> Bex Thu, 15 May 2008 14:02:38 +0100 Reply from ►Shizuko-Sophie◄ /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-3740529 [quote Bex]OR may be neglected more even than now?[/quote]

Well even if it is closed and the name sold…the new owners may consider it as a help site not a mediocre chat/forum site.

That could be the best thing for this site.

Get it under good moderation with moderators that work as a team to keep this site along the lines of its fundimental philosopy and not allow this site to solowly degrade like it is doing now.

]]> ►Shizuko-Sophie◄ Thu, 15 May 2008 13:55:23 +0100 Reply from Bex /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-3740510 OR may be neglected more even than now?

]]> Bex Thu, 15 May 2008 13:43:11 +0100 Reply from ►Shizuko-Sophie◄ /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-3740506 Where Help.com is concerned this can be good.

This site cant make up what it is trying to be, badly mannaged and not taken seriously by cnet at all.

Under new ownership the site may get a more possitive development and management.

]]> ►Shizuko-Sophie◄ Thu, 15 May 2008 13:40:59 +0100 Reply from ☆lilies☆ /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-3740441 Aw. Sigh.

]]> ☆lilies☆ Thu, 15 May 2008 13:02:51 +0100 Reply from Bex /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-3740440 Hey Ace,

Time will tell!

]]> Bex Thu, 15 May 2008 13:02:31 +0100 Reply from ☆lilies☆ /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-3740436 Huh. So what happens next?

]]> ☆lilies☆ Thu, 15 May 2008 13:01:25 +0100 Reply from Bex /post/161065-cbs-is-going-to-buy-cnet#reply-3740434 Does this mean that they are going to turn help.com into a bad sit-com?

]]> Bex Thu, 15 May 2008 13:00:40 +0100