To drive statistics at his website. He has admitted to me via pm that controversy involving him at this website increases traffic at his own.
Nah. That was pre-2015. By 2015, it was over. We were the market leader. I didn't need the attention. I didn't need the controversy. Taking controversial stances of things I believed in (like the dangers of paper charts) were something that I wouldn't back down on. It was something I honestly believed and the controversy provided many more new ActiveCaptain users. By 2015, that wasn't needed any longer. The readers were already users, or they'd never be because they weren't really cruising.
Here's why I like it here...seriously.
Whenever I write about something, or whenever someone posts something here that I wrote in a newsletter, the most negative, aggressive, and obnoxious interpretation of what I wrote will be brought out. It's consistent.
...and there's nothing better for me because it gives me a chance to see what the most negative people will think about a particular topic I wrote about. I'll be writing more about anchor alarm circles tomorrow. I'm sure this will be the place where the most negative spin on the subject will take place.
So it's easy to receive all the thanks and agreement emails and postings in other places. This place allows me to see the worst interpretation of any subject I'm involved with. And because of that, it valuable in a strange way.
Outside of that, I'm new to owning a steel boat. I'm hoping there will be some expertise here about it when I have questions so I can give out some of the "Thanks" back that I've received here over the last 9 years. So far, that hasn't worked out, but if nothing else, I'm optimistic that there is some good lurking in the corners around here.