Originally Posted by
eponymous_coward
Can't imagine why.
Oh, no, wait, I can.
If I wanted to have snarky conversations with strangers who don't really like me, what I write about, how I write about it, or my taste in pajamas, I might as well do it on my own blog/websites.
Seems to apply to Lucky, too. Why bother engaging with the FT Perez Hilton Forum? Yeah, they're former FTers, but the gloves are off now (despite whatever protestations of "let's not be personal" existed to the contrary at the beginning, any limits are long gone now- we're now discussing pajamas, sex lives and where people own property).
I see it all as a win-win, though. You get your own corner of the Internet, and they get theirs, and IB gets their page impressions.
I don't think
kokonutz was referring to just this forum in particular - there is a whole FlyerTalk out there; that's what I had in mind anyway. There is no need to avoid the whole site if one doesn't care for a particular forum. There are certainly forums I avoid on here.
Actually Gary trailed off in his activity generally around the time when he went off to help start MilePoint. As a competing business venture, it's not surprising he'd focus on visiting and referring to MP instead.
As to the items you mention about OMAAT, those are all points that Ben himself disclosed through the RS article. It seems odd to think they are somehow off limits to discuss when he made them public fodder.
Originally Posted by
oliver2002
What is strange is that they both highlight/trump the FT talkboard factoid in their bios.
Indeed. They got what they needed from FT and it's no longer a value to them, so no need to contribute any value to FT it seems.