Unfortunately at the time of Flame Wars, I was not Chief Moderator, Jiminski.
I know you like debate, discussion, etc, jiminski, I remember well your posts throughout Conquer Club's history.
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If you think about, Conquer Club's business model is probably one of the more difficult ones to master, let alone manage effectively.
Company A provides a service, say Internet Connections. That is the extent of contact between Customer and and Company.
Company B provides a service, say a group that facilitates user interaction in community events, protests, celebrations. The extent of their contact between Customer and Company is much more face to face (in the sense of not simply providing a service for a fee). This may not be the best example, but I think you get the idea.
Conquer Club, for good or for worse, falls somewhere in between, with an AB Service. We provide a service similar to Company A---World Domination.
Additionally, we provide a service similar Company B---the Forums, where "face to face" contact occurs more regularly.
Now, exclusively Service A or exclusively Service B---is usually enough for any one Company to handle, due to the nature of service and the types of dedicated contact that go along with each service.
But when Conquer Club was launched by Lackattack in 2006, he opted for Service AB. It is surely probably one of the more demanding services, both in terms of retaining users and keeping them happy, and in gaining new users, but it is what we've got.
I don't think Team CC claims to be an expert in providing Service AB---aside from a few people, Team CC is all volunteer based. The best we can do is listen, and try to forge ahead with that we see as the correct path down Service AB's lane.
--Andy
