Posted on Wednesday, 12th August 2009 by admin
Saying that digitalpoint is not the place it used to be and mods are not active or use an iron fist has become popular among internet marketers, seos and webmasters who got an infraction or two or got banned from the forum. I agree that the mods could be making a few human errors but by and large I am very happy with the forums and how quickly mods respond.
What triggered this post was an infraction for a recent post I made in an incorrect category. I agree I made a mistake and was promptly ‘reminded’ about it by the infraction. I made the change in my post and requested mod to move the thread and it was promptly moved. I was totally impressed.
Mods are quite active because I see members banned immediately when they send spam PMs. Some parts of the forums look overlooked but otherwise the forum is healthy and has many old and new members participating everyday.
Tags: digital point, digitalpoint, webmaster forum
Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (8)
August 14th, 2009 at 4:19 am
I have been a member for the forum too and I believe there are a lot of newcomers on the forum everyday because it ranks for SO MANY long-tail webmaster queries. DP is surviving primarily because of it’s momentum.
August 17th, 2009 at 2:32 am
I’ve got agree with Jim – I’ve been a member there for a while, but stopped visiting after it became apparent that most people there were trying to make money from each other! I think the average age must be somewhere about 17 as well, which left me feeling really old. I’ve now found a new home on a couple of other forums that seem a bit more serious about things. DP is fine if you’re starting out, and it does rank well (which is probably why there are so many noobs there), but personally I’ve moved on.
August 17th, 2009 at 5:40 am
I’m a member of DP and just posted very few. So if you’ll categorize me, I’m a lurker, just sitting in the corner reading stuffs and learning more about the web. I saw DP evolved because there are lots of loyal members continuing to contribute
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August 18th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Yeah, I got a ban at DigitalPoint for asking someone to PM some info that I didn’t want seen on the boards. I can understand the admins stopping people trying the bump the threads but…one infraction! Come on!
August 25th, 2009 at 9:33 am
I agree that DP is not as well-maintained as we want it to be. But that’s what you really have to expect with a lot of people joining in and creating new threads. The sheer amount of members on DP would need an army of mods just to keep the whole place under control. Whatever though, DP is still one of the best places on the web to learn A LOT of things about IM.
August 27th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
There is a high churn rate at DP. Many of the older members move on or seem to disappear because things get way out of hand before action is taken. Overall its a good community IMO and difficult to manage because of its size and activity.
February 20th, 2010 at 11:36 am
I think there are a lot of people who make money online (IM, writing, designers) who don’t take DigitalPoint serious anymore. I have been a member for about 1.5 years and I can say that I have not visited the site in about 6 months just because I got sick of the spam and ridiculous posts. It has definitely become more of a sales website rather than question and answer or learning site.
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