[Poll] Should I continue trying to engage the Canucks

[Thrago]

I feel that at this point Stealth/Ribs has done such a good job of getting this site up and running that if we were to go back to CDC it would be a slap in the face for them. I don't think that would be fare.  This site has my full support moving forward. Hopefully we can get ad support here and Stealth/Ribs can make some money off their hard work.

[brownky]

I voted no.

 

They obviously *want* to close it, so let them. If they didn't, they wouldn't have decided to do it.

 

I accept their decision.

[Nucker67]

Never surrender!!

 

I don't know. I kind of wonder if it's really going to happen - CDC Forum shutting down. It feels like a test for the fanbase.

 

I'm probably wrong. Sorry to see that forum ending, but glad to be here and grateful to those who got this going.

[cripplereh]

2 hours ago, VegasCanuck said:

Most guys would probably ask what she looks like first.....

 

But, that's probably a superficial answer too.......

 

Yes online I can be anybody I want.

 

Today I am just me, tomorrow maybe Beavis or Butthead.

 

 

[BlockerHigh]

6 hours ago, Bob Long said:

 

I think its more to do with long term sustainability. Someone is very generously paying to host this, so I know for myself I want to be able to support this site. 

 

I'll happy for ad's, and also for click-though options to buy merchandise, etc. to make sure it can continue. Administration should be compensated too, that can be a lot of work. 

Fair enough, but I don't see people making those comments, its more just whining. And hosting isn't that expensive its like 100 bucks a year...whomever set this up can easily ask for donations / use adds.

 

Given the traffic of the old site, the owner here could end up making money.

Edited September 21, 2023 by BlockerHigh

[RomanPer]

I voted “yes” but it wasn’t a “yes” to try to get the board back on the Canucks site. It was a “yes” to try and keep some sort of engagement with the organization while maintaining independence. Heck, I can cover $100/month without Canucks lol.

[VegasCanuck]

I think there's more than enough votes now on polls across both boards to get a clear consensus from the membership.

 

I'm going to do a final reach out to them shortly and see if there's anything else they want to talk about in terms of future engagement with this board, if not, then essentially,. what the members have told me here is, send the message that this is THEIR failure and it's viewed as a backhanded slap to their most loyal group of fans and that the board will continue without them.

 

Really appreciate everyone participating in the feedback, I'll post copies of any further communication here, if it happens....

[awalk]

2 minutes ago, VegasCanuck said:

I think there's more than enough votes now on polls across both boards to get a clear consensus from the membership.

 

I'm going to do a final reach out to them shortly and see if there's anything else they want to talk about in terms of future engagement with this board, if not, then essentially,. what the members have told me here is, send the message that this is THEIR failure and it's viewed as a backhanded slap to their most loyal group of fans and that the board will continue without them.

 

Really appreciate everyone participating in the feedback, I'll post copies of any further communication here, if it happens....

 

Thank you for taking the initiative and giving it a try

[HIWATT]

On 9/20/2023 at 4:06 PM, VegasCanuck said:

Most guys would probably ask what she looks like first.....

 

But, that's probably a superficial answer too.......

 

Yeah, if she's hot as hell, RUN ....  

 

[Hairy Kneel]

They can donate prizes for Goalies contest.

Jersey's for the mods

End of season awards

- best poll question 

- funny member award

- smartest member award

Prizes could be simple Timmy's cards or gift certificates from Canucks store.

A random Xmas prize.

All kinds of stuff their media people could do.

 

 

But here not the old page.

 

Edited September 22, 2023 by Hairy Kneel

[kilgore]

Just saw this thread

 

I wanted to know if this is a Bettman / NHL.com decision

or a Canucks team management decision

or a Canucks.com admin decision

 

How deep does it go?

 

To see if it was just NHL.com shutting down all message boards I looked at other NHL.com team sites in Canada.

*I don't know if things have recently changed or not though

 

Surprisingly to me, Calgary is the only message board that exists on their official site of all the cities that I looked at (I only looked at the Canadian sites, and Seattle). Calgary had threads about the new season, complaining about their GM etc...But a lot smaller than ours was. Surprised that Edmonton doesn't have one.

 

It looks like there are similarities on all the team sites

But also there are unique menu choices for each site. The Kraken for example has a page on tattoos of the players!

So to me it looks like there is an element of leeway for each team's site from NHL.com

 

Most teams have a page that has links to all the different social media platforms. But that's as close as it gets. But there is some fan engagement with contests etc.

 

So from that research, there seems to be no league precedent we could use to demand CDC be put back onto their site. It would actually be interesting to know some history of how the message board ever was approved and started on Canucks.com.

 

You can never go home

But I want to rub that decision in their faces. Especially if they don't even want to address their decision with fans. Now If they do want to have some kind of connection with this site, to help elevate its presence on the interwebs, then I'm still open, but if they snub their exCDC fans completely, then I want to somehow needle them into having to address it and at the very least give us a GD reason!  No matter how weak sauce.

[6of1_halfdozenofother]

9 minutes ago, kilgore said:

But I want to rub that decision in their faces.

 

Spoiler

I want to rub their faces in their faeces for their decision, but that's a different level of matter altogether.  

 

[Canuckle]

I'm not sure why anyone would want Canucks Sports and Entertainment involved in this site.  Sources of financial support to keep the site live or even paying those who keep the place running, sure, but aside from that any involvement from a parent company isn't neccesary imo. And there's a real freedom not being under their thumb.

 

Unless we're talking about scheduled guests/exclusive content/arena meetups arranged with the org, giveaways, or some other interactive piece for the community, which is mutually beneficial for them in driving interest in their brand/continued consumption of their product, I'm not sure what their interest would be. They obviously don't care about the forum on their own site shutting it down. Not sure what would drive them to want to be involved in this one.

 

Or am I looking at this wrong?

 

The community should be able to thrive on its own. Appears it already is, growing by the minute by the looks of it! And if finances are the concern, someone should set up an internal funding system. I'd 100% throw some money in to keep it going. And I'm sure others would as well. Community run, community funded should be the goal. Granted maybe easier said than done?

 

As long as we keep the toxic  reddit/twitiot, witch-hunt b*tch-babies out, I'm game. Lol.

[Bure_Pavel]

There is alot of open space on the left and right sides of the screen for ad space, I definitely wouldn't mind as long as im not having to close ad windows and such or slowed down the experience. 

[aGENT]

20 minutes ago, Bure_Pavel said:

There is alot of open space on the left and right sides of the screen for ad space, I definitely wouldn't mind as long as im not having to close ad windows and such or slowed down the experience. 

 

 

Ads on either side and/or the header would be fine IMO if it means covering the costs of the site.

[Coconuts]

Yeah, adds are fine if it covers the month to month bits

[Mikeyman109]

 they blew it. Other teams are looking for ways to engage with their fans and keep their interest growing. Ours just throws it away like the fans dont matter. Oh surprise they have always thought that.

[Dumb Nuck]

I’m not a fan of ads but understand that it costs money to run the forum so how about ads with the option to hide them for a yearly donation? I’d pay up for that.

[WHL rocks]

Let it go.

It's pointless to keep bugging them about it. Imo you're wasting your time and their time.

 

We're happy here. It's exactly the same thing. Same layout  and the same people.