>Unfortunately, most RVers have abandoned Matt for one of the forum-only
setups, and it really is covered with ads.

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I hear what you are saying Charlie. It seems as though many of these forums have “Sold Out” to the offers made by advertisers.

Of notable exception is the Canard Aviation forum that John Slade runs and the Velocity Aircraft Owners/Builders forum that is by subscription only (an annual fee). Both are member supported. Slade’s forum does not require a subscription but has on occasion received donations for software upgrades and the like.

One problem that the forum type environment eliminates is the “blacklisting” of subscribers. The Fly Rotary lists was kicking out everyone who used Cox as a ISP a while back which tended to throttle down the participation.

I for one would participate in a subscription type service if it was proposed in the future.

T Mann