Advanced Diver Magazine to take over Rebreatherworld.com

[Joshua Smith]

http://www.rebreatherworld.com/rebreath ... anges.html

This is exciting news. RBW needs a major shake-up. Curt Bowen knows how to shake things up.

[John Rawlings]

Yeah....exciting stuff!

We're having a face-to-face meeting of the ADM staff at DEMA to discuss the whole thing. Chief amongst the topics discussed will be: "Now that we have it, WTF do we do with it?"

- John

[Joshua Smith]

Turn it into a porn site, duh.

You could use it to promote exploration of the underwater realm using closed-circuit mixed gas technology.

You could study accidents and try to research safety.

It's an incredible resource that isn't able to achieve it's potential right now- there are some seriously intelligent people on that forum, who build their own rebreathers for fun, when they're not engineering mag-lev train propulsion and studying the effect of sunspot activity on ultra-low frequency transmitters- stuff like that. The rebreather industry as a whole is on the verge of quantum leaps forward- god only knows what kind of cool stuff we could be playing with in 10 years. And ADM/ RBW will be on the bleeding edge of new discoveries! As for how to make money with the site- I have no earthly idea. You need to talk to our buddy Mr. Tang about that.

[Dmitchell]

Figure out some way to get it past my works internet filter should be your first priority!


Seriously, take it back 2 years! it's been on a slow slide for about 2 years. When I first joined it was the bomb, a ton of information and some major players participating from all over the world. Alot of those folks are gone and now there are several camps that are slowly playing out a survivor style soap opera. I still go there on a daily basis but it needs a breath of fresh air.

Similar to the Decostop. When I joined TDS years ago, most of the participants were hard core East Coasters who were doing some cool stuff and had formed that board to have a place to get together. Over time, the original group has faded away and now it's a glorified scubaboard. The discussions are not nearly as interesting as they were in the past and I would guess that 50% of the posts are gear "for sale" posts. TDS was formed as a place for tech divers to talk and was a genuine source for info for non or up and coming tech divers that's not what it's evolved to.

DM

[Grateful Diver]

Keep it focused on its purpose. Growth for the sake of growth isn't necessarily a good thing. The people you most want involved on discussion forums are the first ones to leave when the signal-to-noise ratio gets too high ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

[John Rawlings]

That's the trouble with every successful board - once you get past a certain size the quality drops off alarmingly as suddenly you find yourselves dealing daily with the "lowest common denominator".

I suspect that this particular ride will be...."interesting".

[spatman]

charge a small yearly fee, and you'll quickly see who's serious about being a member.

[Sounder]

charge a small yearly fee, and you'll quickly see who's serious about being a member.

That's not a bad idea at all.