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05-20-2009, 04:06 PM
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Decided to delete my forum
My forum is now has been 1 year and a half old. At first I was passionated about the idea of making a place where all people can join and have fun together. I tried to minimize the forum flame, n00b bashing, ... but that only lead to worst when the old members think that they own the place, including some mods. They just don't have any respect for anyone but themself, even me. When I asked them, they just keep saying "This is not your forum only, It's belong to all members of the forum", WTH?? Of course, I really appriciated the contribution of some members and mods but that just make things worst. Some of the members and mods thinks that I'm afraid of them as I never want to make an argument with them.
Feel tired, want to retire from the forum a few week ago but things keep happening in the forum really pissed me off. After all the afford I've made for them I think at least I deserve something better than this. I already have enough many things to worried about, not anymore. Sorry if this post didn't make any sense to you guys. I'm kinda drunk now, lolz. Regard 
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05-20-2009, 04:56 PM
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I deleted the whole lot and nameservers for the domain, I felt a bit sad, but next day after the hangover went, it felt like a massive weight was lifted from me, what a relief, it does get better believe me, Plus you don't make the same mistakes 2nd time round. Take care 
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#4
05-20-2009, 04:57 PM
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Why the hell are you afraid? What for?
For those who doesn't know how to behave properly on public forums, vbulletin provides you with an infract/ban feature.  Warn them first, then infract them, in worst case just ban them. If they are too much proud of the contribution they have made to your forum, delete it! Don't you see threads being closed, people getting banned here? Bad behaviour, indescent language should never be tolerated in any case. Quote:
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05-20-2009, 04:57 PM
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#6
05-20-2009, 08:48 PM
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Simply put, the truth comes out when your drunk
as you let your "don't hurt their feelings" guard down... you seem bummed, either hand it over to another admin and take a break (and I don't mean check back everyday or every other day else you will get pissed!) and come back to it later or simply close it via admincp options and have the message say we will reopen when... or like you said shut it down but you should have been banning the negative members after warning them loooong ago. All this is IMO so take it or leave it but no one and I repeat no one get's a refund on my 2 cents lol...S-MAN
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#8
05-20-2009, 09:03 PM
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sell it to me. $25. I'll put them all under the whip... lol
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#9
05-20-2009, 09:03 PM
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If you don't enjoy it and it gives you money, it's a job.
If you enjoy it and it costs you money, it's a hobby. If you enjoy it and it gives you money, you have a fantastic job. The next one? If it costs money and causes grief, then either change it to stop causing grief or stop doing it. If you want to make it enjoyable for you, then you've got a shedload of work ahead of you. It would involve sacking a few moderators who claim you don't own the place and banning the more mouthy members. Give them a warning first, but remember that a warning is only effective if you're willing to carry it out. However, when things got fairly bad for me when I bought my main forum (mutiny amongst the inherited moderator and admin team when I questioned what they were doing), a guy at work stopped me in one aisle and asked what was up. I told him that every time I thought about the forum, my guts started churning, and it felt like an ulcer was trying to burn a hole in my insides. Made me feel as if I wasn't allowed friends. "Is that all?" "Eh?" He'd been in the air force as ground crew for two decades. He'd seen three of his mates blown to pieces in front of him on active service. That brought it home to me. Was I really trying to placate people who were just words on a screen and not paying the bills? Sacked the mutinous lot before they could publically leave, and from what I understand they were about to jump ship very soon with as many members as possible. I learned a valuable lesson - they act with my permission, not the other way around. Most of the time I'm not overly worried by what my team does, since they're generally good people and think right, but I always remember that I have to carry the can for what they do, and though I'll back them to the hilt when they're right I reserve the right to question what they do in private. Rapscallion
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#10
05-20-2009, 09:03 PM
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& a lil' 
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