Quote Originally Posted by Tavrobel View Post
Every idea for the frontsite more or less hinges on a hack or the owners approving it. Problem is, I'm not a business major, and I can't generate revenue values for internet viewing. Any argument most of us could make would be qualitative, not quantitative. In which case, we just plain need a lot of people to start freaking out and getting pissed off.

Why, that's right up my alley.
I think you have an even lower opinion of the ownership than they actually deserve. If you email them, they reply. If you say "I think blogs on the frontsite, created via the forums, would generate more interest in the site", they'll probably be more than a little interested. I can't actually think of many ideas that we actually bothered to ask them that they didn't go along with. They will listen if you're willing to take the time to communicate with them directly. They just don't look at the threads and might say no. But in my personal experiences, they haven't been assholes about it at all. Ever!

Of course, maybe we should have someone aside from yourself be the one to get in touch with them... >_>;