I think there are some misconceptions about BTR and ABT that need to be cleared up
First of all, ABT and BTR are now totally unrelated to each other at the wishes of the ABT owner and they have diverged completely.
The forums are run completely differently than each other. ABT is a place of "great freedom" where everyone is supposed to be their own moderator, while BTR is just a place to discuss tech. BTR was intended originally to have no forum at all - discussion was to be carried out in the "comments" like many other tech sites, and BTR's emphasis is on the tech site and not the forum - unlike ABT.
As to "popularity", a tech site is not judged by its community and BTR's emphasis is on it's Tech Reviews. Not on its news, and certainly not on rumor, nor it is forum-based as ABT is or was.
As to the "Secret Mod", it hasn't been unleashed yet and it may not be, depending on the size of the BTR community. If it stays small, I'll handle it myself. Discussions of "personalities" aren't going to happen here, and trolling posts and potentially libelous attacks at reviewers and tech sites will not be tolerated here. Neither will attacks on BTR nor its owner be tolerated. Discussion never includes being rude to your host or to your guests. "Crap" or "fluff" will just be deleted after multiple warnings. I don't care for censorship, but some posters are intent on trolling or destroying what is built; they are just not welcome here.
If you want to discuss tech here, great. If not, the emphasis at BTR will always be on the articles. This is a tech site that uniquely looks at 30 games from 1080P to 4K and the benchmark suite and the hardware will always be kept up to date. Right now, BTR is barely 3 months old and there is a lot of work yet to be done. There is already an expansion to 4K, to Win 8.1, and soon, to FCAT.
And just to let you know, the new strategy is working. BTR's (2nd full month's) February traffic is more than double January's (1st full month's) traffic, and March is starting way up in comparison to the first two months. BTR is a tech review site, not a forum. It is not ABT and it will continue to diverge and grow in a different direction. I made plenty of mistakes at ABT with their forum as I was stuck with the full responsibility of it with no help or support from my former partner, and I believe that I have learned from those mistakes which will not be repeated here.
First of all, ABT and BTR are now totally unrelated to each other at the wishes of the ABT owner and they have diverged completely.
The forums are run completely differently than each other. ABT is a place of "great freedom" where everyone is supposed to be their own moderator, while BTR is just a place to discuss tech. BTR was intended originally to have no forum at all - discussion was to be carried out in the "comments" like many other tech sites, and BTR's emphasis is on the tech site and not the forum - unlike ABT.
As to "popularity", a tech site is not judged by its community and BTR's emphasis is on it's Tech Reviews. Not on its news, and certainly not on rumor, nor it is forum-based as ABT is or was.
As to the "Secret Mod", it hasn't been unleashed yet and it may not be, depending on the size of the BTR community. If it stays small, I'll handle it myself. Discussions of "personalities" aren't going to happen here, and trolling posts and potentially libelous attacks at reviewers and tech sites will not be tolerated here. Neither will attacks on BTR nor its owner be tolerated. Discussion never includes being rude to your host or to your guests. "Crap" or "fluff" will just be deleted after multiple warnings. I don't care for censorship, but some posters are intent on trolling or destroying what is built; they are just not welcome here.
If you want to discuss tech here, great. If not, the emphasis at BTR will always be on the articles. This is a tech site that uniquely looks at 30 games from 1080P to 4K and the benchmark suite and the hardware will always be kept up to date. Right now, BTR is barely 3 months old and there is a lot of work yet to be done. There is already an expansion to 4K, to Win 8.1, and soon, to FCAT.
And just to let you know, the new strategy is working. BTR's (2nd full month's) February traffic is more than double January's (1st full month's) traffic, and March is starting way up in comparison to the first two months. BTR is a tech review site, not a forum. It is not ABT and it will continue to diverge and grow in a different direction. I made plenty of mistakes at ABT with their forum as I was stuck with the full responsibility of it with no help or support from my former partner, and I believe that I have learned from those mistakes which will not be repeated here.
