ive noticed

[Lloyd Smale]

for about the last week theres more new posts here then on the other forum. About 90 percent of the gun posts there seem to be tc and topper and cannon  related.

[pastorp]

So what’s your point?

[Graybeard]

Yup I watch both and GBO Reloaded does seem to have as much or more traffic than the old GBO does.

Over there the classifieds, especially the TC and H&R classifieds and cannon forum seem to dominate the activity. It's sure just a shadow of what it was back when we sold it in 2014.

This one isn't getting the posts to as wide a range of topics as we'd like but it does seem to be picking up.

Do you guys use the "what's new since last visit" mode? That's the only way I've viewed either site in years. It gives me a quick list of all that's been posted since the last time I was here no matter which forum it was posted to.

I've been posting a lot of reviews and articles here and am scattering them out across a bunch of different forums. I notice some get viewed and posted to and some seem to not get noticed. I wonder if those that don't get views or posts are due to where I post them.

If you don't use the what's new since last visit button ya really should try it.

[Lloyd Smale]

yup i click on the "new posts" every day. Glad to see this is starting to work out for you Bill. It seemed touch and go at the beginning.

[Graybeard]

It seems to be picking up, slowly but steadily.

Matt told me the other day he is about ready to add merchandise to the GBO Store.

He and Becky have greatly increased their production efforts and are selling stuff with large monthly increases in income. When they first got back here to Bama from Georgia, they were just beginning to get back into the business. When they moved to Georgia from Texas they had to leave all their printing equipment behind in Texas.

They have now purchased far more new equipment than they ever had out in Texas or even where before going to Texas.

Once he gets the GBO Store set up he is hoping to at least have this site pay for itself even if not make a profit. For now he is paying the monthly cost from his own pocket as I did on the other GBO for the first few years of its existence.

[neckisred]

I'd say alot of folks only read the forums they are interested in. I enjoy the new posts. Entertaining and educational. Hopeful the site will become profitable for Becky and Matt. Looking forward to the store.

[Lloyd Smale]

if you havent bought one of his t shirts do so. THere made from some kind of unique material that is very cool in the hot summer. They breath much more then a conventional cotton t shirt.

[Argent 88]

This site has a much more user friendly format than the other. Facebook just locked in its new format and users are leaving in droves now. It's highly censored and left wing leaning against conservatives. So is twitter, they both are almost useless anymore.

[Lloyd Smale]

never been to twitter and dont do facebook so i dont much care what idiots hang around them.

[Argent 88]

never been to twitter and dont do facebook so i dont much care what idiots hang around them.

I only used FB to find and contact my old Navy buddy's. And for some family and friends. But they all now have my phone number and email.  So no more FB.So Lloyd are you calling me an idiot?

[Argent 88]

Now days we can do anything by texting and emailing family and friends that we were doing on any social media sites. Photos, web sites and conversations. Even hook up on in person visual calls, I do that all the time. 
So do they.

[Bob Riebe]

never been to twitter and dont do facebook so i dont much care what idiots hang around them.

Using that for person to person contact, I agree with your dissing but I have found that , sadly, for gearhead matters there is far, far more there than even on dedicated forums.
Especially for U.S. auto matters.

One gent who used to work for Hot Rod among other auto related places, used to post often on the , now, Autosport site-- --(which was started by a different American who was treated like shite when he sold to a Euro firm)---- but now he has his own web site and all former forum type communication is done through his facebook site.
One could learn a lot of the back-room nitty-gritty from him.

[Argent 88]

never been to twitter and dont do facebook so i dont much care what idiots hang around them.

Using that for person to person contact, I agree with your dissing but I have found that , sadly, for gearhead matters there is far, far more there than even on dedicated forums.
Especially for U.S. auto matters.

One gent who used to work for Hot Rod among other auto related places, used to post often on the , now, Autosport site-- --(which was started by a different American who was treated like shite when he sold to a Euro firm)---- but now he has his own web site and all former forum type communication is done through his facebook site.

Yeah Bob, they still have the single action private form over there. Where you have to be an accepted member.
I like to go read all those post and see the pics of those guns and holsters.
One could learn a lot of the back-room nitty-gritty from him.

If you establish private forum, FB usually doesn't mess with you. 

[Lloyd Smale]

just saw a tv show about facebook and how they track you and your location and give you to advertisers to put up adds specifically aimed at you. Also seen lately where they banned pro trump pages. No thanks. I dont need that liberal bs no matter how convenient it is or how much knowledge is there. Bottom line is facebook is just as liberal as nbc and if they were the last news station on earth id rather live in the dark. Let me ask you this. IF bill became a sell out and let liberal company's like nbc news or organizations like Lbgt or pro choice to advertise here or pushed a democratic agenda would you stay here and post. Id be gone in a pair of seconds. that is what your supporting every time you go on facebook. Everything your fighting today. You want to share a picture? Send it on your phone. Want to know what your daughter is up to? Are you to busy for a 5 minute phone call. After watching that show the other day my wife signed out of facebook and said shed never go back. She used to be on it hours every day. Facebook IS PART of the socialist take over movement in this country. Log on and your helping them. Big brother is watching you!!!

[oldandslow]

Big brother is watching you all the time you are online anywhere. I have no interest in facebook or twitter so they can't watch me there at least.

[Land_Owner]

You can be told what to believe.  Whether you take that bait or not, is your choice.  Ads?  Who cares?  I am not going to be swayed by internet targeted ads.  They got their ideas FROM ME in the first place.  Where I WENT.  Where I SHOPPED on line.  They have been harvesting my on line information for as long as I have been on the Net.  Same for ALL of the other 150 MILLION (+/-) viewers on line.  Who reads that stuff?  Pretty boring digging into someone else's minute by minute life.  For God's sake, get a life.  I got my own.  Social Media and targeted ads cannot change it.

I come, scan the Forum Index (not the NEW button), read new posts in the Forums I frequent, reply to a few, post a time or two, though I am big on replying and small on posting.