Hello!This is the admin from DDBoard and I wanted to comment on your review. First of all, thank you for taking the time to review our forum. Overall, I think your review is fair and objective.Some comments I would like to make:- No, you will not be banned. - Yes we use vBulletin. Some members have requested IBP, but it comes down to personal preference. If we went with IBP, some members would request vBulletin. Our team is most experienced with vBulletin and we are satisfied with its feature set. However, if we feel at any point that IBP is clearly offering better features, we may consider switching.- You are correct that the quality and length of posts does not influence the number of ddPoints a user receives. Since it is an automated system, assessing the quality is not possible, and giving points by length would only encourage copying and pasting. Our moderator team is very active though in ensuring that the posts meet our quality requirements. Regarding quality, I tend to agree that other boards may offer higher quality of posts since we have a lot of members who participate because they want a free domain. These members are usually younger people who may not be able to afford a domain themselves. On the other hand, there is a strong sense of community on the board.- As far as earning points, please also remember that there are many other methods of receiving points: Lottery, Referrals, Incentives, Thread Viewing, etc. We have many members you have redeemed domains. You can use your own member and once you reach 1,000 ddPoints, you can request a .info domain. You will see that you actually receive it. No scam!- Domain renewals do not take 60 to 90 days. When using the push back and forth method we just encourage people to do it 60 to 90 days before expiration so we do not get last minute requests and the domains expire while being pushed between the users.- Myself as the admin focus on running the board from a marketing and technology perspective. My moderator staff participates in posting. I have a lot of ddPoints for testing purposes, but I cannot do anything with the ddPoints. When someone requests a domain with ddPoints we pay for the domain ourselves, so whether I have 1 ddPoint or 4 Million ddPoints, it does not make a difference - they do not have a value for myself. But you have a good point, I may reduce my number of ddPoints to something more reasonable so that users do not get confused. You can also see that the admin does not appear in the list of richest users, because I really do not participate in the program.- The reason we require a full address when registering a domain is that we will use the information as the registrant details. Per ICANN regulations, the information must be accurate, so we cannot use dummy information. The information remains private and we never give it to anybody. In the end, that would be a privacy violation, unethical, and probably illegal.Thanks again for your review and good luck with your forum.KarlDDBoard Admin
