Today marks a special day for Paddling.com. As of June 15, Paddling.com is owned and operated by the good folks at VerticalScope. They will continue to run Paddling.com and innovate in delivering high quality content and a great forum community as we have done for years since the founding.
We are all incredibly excited about this new direction as it will allow Paddling.com to grow while securing the community with a world-class organization that excels in running forums and keeping their platforms safe, secure, and stable.
On behalf of the Community Management team, we’d like to offer you the warmest of welcomes to the VerticalScope family of forums! Our team helps manage the site administration and maintenance duties of keeping Paddling.com operational, and we wanted to take the opportunity to not only say hello, but also to share a little bit about what to expect.
Who Are You?
VerticalScope is a network of forum communities around the internet, and the community management staff on our team help make the work of the forum moderators and administrators easier.
What Do You Do?
Community means a great deal to us - we’re all community people, and so continuity and stability is our primary aim. We bring reliability, support, and the infrastructure able to ensure that this community will be able to thrive for many years to come. It is our goal to work with the volunteer moderators/administrators to help provide the resources required to increase reach, attract new members, increase engagement, and better the community experience overall.
What Will Change?
Next to nothing, apart from that you’ll now have access to better resources as well as community management staff for support and forum-related technical issues. Community is the focus here, and we know that the members of every forum work to keep things going awesomely. You’re a huge part of that success, and we’re here to ensure that the lights stay on, upkeep is tended to, and the infrastructure gets the attention it needs.
If you have any questions, ask away!
We’re looking forward to working with the members, mods and admins here, and we’re incredibly happy to be with you.
What is the privacy policy? Will email and other information be shared with third parties? Will there be any changes in the advertising on the site. I realize that the site has to pay for itself.
I will reserve judgement. What was the other site mentioned that was just pulled by VS. That’s one black mark. Message me if you see this. I suspect my post will be pulled which will make 2 black marks as I like the open exchange of info on this site that they had.
Whether this website having been acquired by VerticalScope is a good thing or a bad thing is the topic. You say it is going to be wonderful. A number of negative reviews of VerticalScope were cited which you have removed. Censorship is not welcome.
Agreed. Instead of VerticalScope acknowledging messages that expressed concerns and making an effort to allay those concerns, VS deletes the messages, thereby demonstrating the concerns are well founded.
I have two entry-level Fusion 124’s on our small 330-acre lake but already eyeing up the classifieds section here for an upgrade. I know pics or it didn’t happen and don’t judge me for drinking White Claws.
