ever get sick of running your forum?

[Ntfu2]

Hopefully i'm not the only one.

This is probably about the 3rd time i've lost interest in this site in the last year, time for it to go.

Anyone else ever have this problem? What did you do to remedy it

[Adrian Schneider]

I did... well, I more lost the interest in the topic of the site, so I gave someone else administrative responsibilites. I'm still admin there though. This was a hobby site, and one that didn't bring in any money, so it is easier to get rid of.

Does your site bring in any revenue?

[Ntfu2]

squat, its more of a head ache to run.

[jackceltic1888]

Sell them ;)

[peterska2]

I've got a good team on my site and we've been through some rough times over the life of the site. One thing I know is that I can rely on them completely and that they will happily look after everything. The great thing about this is that all I need to do is make a post in our staff forum saying that I'm taking a few days/weeks/even months off and they look after everything then when I come back we just carry on where we left off. This is great, as it works for us.

Last year I was rather ill and was offline for almost 6 months and it wasn't a problem at all. The only thing that doesn't happen if I am off the site is upgrades, but my admin and mod are both on my priority support form and so can contact support if something goes really wrong with no problems.

[Ziki]

I am.It got totaly dead X_X

[Brandon Sheley]

not really :D

I get sick over crappy host more then anything

[Freesteyelz]

In the six years of running a (clan) site I've rarely hit a slump. In the last 3 weeks, however, I'm at a creative block. Ever since I've upgraded to 3.6.0 I haven't conceptualized a design that I'm satisfied with; so we've been left with a forum (and gallery) in the vB default Style. If I'm ever going to complete the site by this year's end I'll need to get back on track soon.

[baklash]

i tend to loose interest but keep comming back because i get interested again. mostly because i tihnk of a new idea. and go with it,

[Ntfu2]

Site sold.


Thank goodness :)

[alkatraz]

5 years and 7000 members later, yes I have practicaly given up with a few spurts of motivation here and there... between member drama and maintnance you start to loath logging into your own website after a while. lol

i've recently started training a new admin to take over, it's a non-profit site

[Ntfu2]

I tried that approach cause i would have rather seen the site go with someone i know.

But that had 0 hope as they had 0 ability/willingness to learn new things and how to run the site and would constantly ask me the same questions over and over

[Adrian.]

I'm not sick of running my forum.

However, it kinda annoys me a little bit when it goes all quiet for sometime. :(

[Shazz]

Thats why you have co-admins :D

[MentaL]

All the time, been tempted to take the 50g i been offered but im unsure :(

[Transverse Styles]

$50,000? go for it.

[brvheart]

50g's....not a bad offer ;)

The thing that I dis like or get tired of building the forum to have no one show up....I guess marketing is not my strong area.....when I get frustrated that I am not getting members (active that is) then the site becomes a pain in the neck....I usually shut them down and start a new one :) that has my interest up again.

[MRGTB]

I think it's worse when your putting a lot of hard work into your site, along with many hours and late nights. Yet, you don't see people joining like you would like too after all your hard work. That does make you get a bit fed up at times and wonder if it's all worth it. When you could be doing other things with the time spend on your board.

I think everybody must feel like that at times.

[yesfans]

I started www.yesfans.com back in April of 01. I have had my ups and downs. For the most part it does not bother me. The times I get sick of it is when it craps out or members get under my skin. I have now put in place sev admins and mod staff. I have left the site policy make up and execution to the new admins. I am around to put my input on things but otherwise I handle the techy end of things, that is it. I have the staff set up to always review ISSUES as a group and not maKE decisions that effects the site with out getting a few other staffers to chime in. That way the membership does not see any one staffer as calling the shots. I have found this method to work well for the most part.
As for making $$$ I have the google stuff on my site and I sell thigns via www.cafepress.com/yesfans which in total brings me about 150.00 give or take a little on a monthly basis.
My site is with asmallorange.com for hosting, on a dedicated server of which site donations cover that cost along with the income from the site.
All that aside at times it is nice to just not log in for a few days!!!!!!

[Dermo-MIO]

im sick of my forum right now and sick of my members they dont seem to get how mcuh time and money i have spent on the forum in the last year(new to vb not forums/sites). the site is a fan site and for some strange reason they wont post outside the section to with the artists/label even tough i try my hardest in making topics most of my mods are even lazy and wont help me out. but then at other times i love the forum and get enough of it but i guess its life. without me the forum would be a mess tough and i dont trust any of my mods or members to become an admin sadly lol

[Uncle Buck # 2]

especially when you have a lot of other stuff on the go.
Sometimes the last thing you want to do is sit down at the computer and start tweaking the board. And the you see that that the admins and mods ignore their responsibilities most of the time and YOU have to start doing stuff like moving posts or deleting certain stuff...you got me started now...lol:dead:

[zooki]

Hi not sick, just tired.... as i got 3500 members already.. since i changed from joomla over to vbulletin..... only 2 months ago.

[Dr. Harriman]

I never really get sick of any of my forums, but I do tend to set them up, and once they're running I go on to set up a new one on which I focus more attention on for awhile...

[mikeclarke]

This 3.6 upgrade is really working on me. AfterNic sent another email for 10g's, makes me think sometimes of just selling it. Most of the time I get over the hump.

[filburt1]

I moderately enjoy running it. I have a good moderator team, and they enjoy the power that I give them (hell, almost absolute power). I just get sick of some users, but there's nothing I can do to get rid of them (they're just trying to learn).

I enjoy trying to make my forum unique from all other forums.

[PhenomLeader]

First year was rough. It's evening out a bit now.