https://youtu.be/QNpPmiU7BBs?t=1m14s
It is increasingly apparent that as Scout is liquidated from bankruptcy to CBS/247 that several publishers will not be carried over. Read: If you're not a huge program, buh bye. In particular if you are a Scout board that isn't related to a major publisher ... your forums are on life support with just a few weeks remaining IMHO. And even if you are saved, the forums will be still be silos on a per team basis and be some minimal vanilla half baked stuff for the foreseeable future.
What can CSN do for you?
- *THE* place on the internet for conference wide discussion forums
- *THE* place on the internet for realignment discussion
- The primary message board for roughly a dozen teams
- A place where emphasis is placed first and foremost on forum features, functionality, community, and interacting with fans from all over the country.
- No annoying clickbait, freemium baiting, pop ups, pop unders, interstitials, and/or ad block captive portals
- FREE
I am in the process of coding my own message board software that will satisfy the needs of our site for the foreseeable future. This will ensure the site is fast, mobile friendly WITHOUT the need for an app, and full of powerful features to make moderating easy and life difficult for repeat troll offenders. The look and feel of the site will still be identical, save for a new mobile app-less experience.
I can put interested people in touch with several third party people who have moved into CSN, including publishers who maintain their own content sites and simply use us for the message board to go with it. If you're looking for the full one stop shop with a publishing platform for news/oped ... we can do that too ... but we're still probably 18-24 months away from that. So hop on in. The waters fine. And here you won't be table scraps or an afterthought. We can setup the same moderation teams you had previously, and work with you in other words to make the transition as easy as possible.
Those considering or wanting to move into CSN I'd love to sit down and have a little chat. If you aren't registered on this site, you can reach me via email at support (at) csnnation (dot) com. Please help spread the word of this offer far and wide to the publishers/moderators throughout Scout. Because there's no way I'm registering at each and every one of their boards just to send one PM.
SO LET IT BE WRITTEN.
SO LET IT BE DONE.
ETC. ETC. ETC.