MV created all of this stuff. Bart Ell was merely a user, just like the rest of us ... That is up until he cyber stalked MV, stole his intellectual property and reformatted it into a chintzy knock-off site. And it'll always be the case ... those are the cold hard facts. BellGab will always be where everything began.
Cyber stalked my arse.
Sorry Azz, this is like saying Ford made a car, so nobody else can use the template for a vehicle that has 4 wheels and seats.
Bart made EllGab after MV fucked off with no warning. Everyone had a chance to come here, it was no longer MV’s rules here because it’s not his, it’s similar because that’s what was needed. It evolved because it was nurtured.
MV doesn’t appear to be the one bellyaching about this. If he is I haven’t seen it (and could give a shit if he was tbh). So who are the people who have an issue with it... and more to the point, why? I doubt it would make a shit bit of difference at this point, but it would be interesting to know.
This is evolution. It’s not a knock off site, it is is distinctly different in a number of ways. As with everything online, if you don’t like it, don’t come here.
You are right BellGab is the older sibling, but as others have pointed out there are older iterations. Hell if you want to go back to the start, why not look at Usenet or The Grassy Knoll on AOL? That’s exactly where I first heard of Art Bell.
EllGab is now arguably more successful than it’s older sibling now, maybe that is the bigger and more important question to ponder, why is that?
