ZuneBoards Acquired by CrowdGather, Inc.
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Monday, 07 July 2008

Hello friends! On July 3rd, ZuneBoards and CrowdGather had been discussing a possible acquisition, which had played out quite nicely. As of July 7th, 2008, ZuneBoards is owned by CrowdGather, a well-respected company that has been building a network of friendly communities. Their goal is to create the world's best user experience for forum communities.

Hit the jump for more details.

 


 

Q. What does this mean for ZuneBoards' members and readers?

A. Changes for the better! The staff, including myself, will continue to closely moderate the website to ensure the best experience. CrowdGather will work to make ZuneBoards greater than we already are. That's pretty freakin' great! Contest? Competitions? You betcha! We have great contests and competitions coming up real soon for our 2nd birthday.

Q. What does this mean for ZuneBoards' partners and advertisers?

A. From what it looks right now, things will remain the same. For specific questions, feel free to PM me, or CrowdGather.

Straight from CrowdGather.com:

     CrowdGather believes that the communities built around message boards and forums are the richest, most dynamic sources of information available on the web. While social networks provide a platform for people to connect based on their real-life friends and families, and blogs are a conversation of one to many, forums are active communities built around interest and information exchange around specific topics. By providing users with the ability to search forums, CrowdGather aims to enrich the world's search experience by giving people the ability to query and contribute to the most content-rich communities on the web.

CrowdGather aims to bring the world of forums together by providing a central destination for forum goers and forum owners to find forum news, forum tools and resources for growing communities, and most importantly - a search engine for forums - to provide an environment where people can ask questions and provide answers based on human experience and shared knowledge.

As the ex-owner and founder of ZuneBoards, I pledge to remain a part of this site for as long as I can, and offer CrowdGather tips and advice to keep ZuneBoards more enjoyable than it already is.

Discussion here.

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ZSN Tech     | 65.6.215.xxx | 2008-07-07 14:30:51
For those who want to know, we broke this story about zuneboards and crowdgather.com on friday

http://zunescenenightly.com/2008/07/04/zuneboardscom-sold--rumor.aspx
saab900   | 24.254.230.xxx | 2008-07-07 16:56:16
Awesome! Hope things get even better!
Troyp   | 75.187.135.xxx | 2008-07-08 08:32:56
Ok I will be the first Pessimist! Every time I see a "Buyout" or so called "Merger" within a good website, board or forum I see it go to hell and the original talent is all pretty much gone by it's second birthday of the sell. This is sad as I think ZuneBoards is awesome. I do hope that I am wrong in all of this but I fear I am not. I wish you guys well in this transition!
Your mom   | 209.131.56.xxx | 2008-07-08 12:50:05
Good. Maybe they can get some writers who don't plagiarize or that know spell. Maybe they can come up with some original content (as the old operators clearly couldn't without stealing). Anyway, this site is lame, always has been. Good luck to the new owners.
Supapeach   | 70.57.114.xxx | 2008-07-08 23:48:23
"or that know spell" lol
8007859 - Bad Thing   | Registered | 2008-07-08 15:25:01
I Think this is a bad idea i like this site the way it is
Crash   | 75.88.109.xxx | 2008-07-08 19:51:30
Looks to me like we have a troll in here. @your Mom if you hate this site sooo much, go to a more "original" site. Dont let the door hit you in the butt on the way out.
As far as the buyout, Hey Ace you and the rest brought this community together with nothing now with this other backing I can see possiblities to grow even stronger and be a positive site that other Zune owners can come too for help, ideas, or just sharing.
Goodluck!!!
Jess - uhh   | 74.236.138.xxx | 2008-07-09 14:38:10
Their goal is to create the world's best user experience for forum communities.
wow, how nice and selfless of them. As soon as boards get bought out - they start to suck.
me   | 71.112.108.xxx | 2008-07-09 16:49:13
is it just me or wasn't there a news bulletin in like feburay of last year that the site had been bought by microsoft, and the crowd gather buyout could be good if they don't try to run the site
rh   | 75.68.91.xxx | 2008-07-09 17:54:07
lets try to optimistic about this. hopefully nothing but good will come out of this.
dabeastofdamusic   | 65.7.244.xxx | 2008-07-09 21:15:52
yeah, i hope this goes well. i think zuneboards was terrific before you got boughtout so, i hope that we get better and better and better SO THAT WE CAN TAKE OVER THE WORLD !! it seems like when people get boughtout they get really sucky but i'm sure this isn't going to happen because we have the best staff in the whole world!
Anonymous   | 24.19.85.xxx | 2008-07-11 01:06:47
i'm hoping this turns out good, zuneboards rocks.
bman22   | 76.113.4.xxx | 2008-07-12 10:28:37
Ehh. I don't trust buyouts. Everyone of my favorite companies that has been bought out, goes out of buisiness soon after. Hopefully this site doesn't follow that trend.
shotgun_photo   | 69.159.81.xxx | 2008-07-20 07:20:54
so the first thing that will happen is you will have to start paying to be a member here. and you will have to join to read any of the postings.
selfless? no ... crowd gather is all about making money. before this, this forum was all about making it good so someone would buy it. well someone has so watch it all go to hell now. are their any other zune forums out there that have not sold out?
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