To Change or Not To Change - That is the Question

[amykhar]

Not necessarily. Some people simply refuse to let issues drop, no matter what admins say or what the majority wishes.

[rin]

I can remember having one of such members. It was kind of the biggest nuisance ever on my forums. But not only that, he influenced some of the long term members aswell. At least he is unactive at the moment.

[Lizard King]

I always take my decisions on my own. People sometimes complain about stuff but if i think my way is the right way i never give a damn about what other people say

[MPDev]

Don't forget who your base is - that "guy" could be long gone in a week and your regulars are left grumbling about how you capitulated to the new guy so quickly and left them out in the cold.

[amykhar]

Most of run hobby sites. We can boot whom we choose when we choose to do so. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that the forum is a customer support site for a paid product. Company image relies on how you handle the matter.

Does your opinion change?

[sabret00the]

i would say option one, if your long term members are loyal, they'll want the best for the site and userbility is a big step in moving any site forward, bringing in new members is always a great thing to do, even if some are noisy and vocal like this new guy. your older members will get used to the changes, after all, they're there for the people not the features.

[sambah]

Originally Posted by Paul M

If you think the changes are for the better then keep them. Long term members will moan for a bit and then get used to them.

You need to make things good for new members, so they will eventually become long term members.

Correct

[almukmin]

Tell him to go away if he doesn't like the forum and be presedential.

[Logikos]

Make them both happy, create a hack that prunes redirected threads after it reaches X days old.

[Revpolar]

I had this too at one time. But I wanted new too. So I accidently on pupose crashed my server and my backups just wouldnt work (so I said). So I upgraded everything and made new styles and laid out the forums totally differently. The site was down for a couple of days and I made a nice page explaining the situation and apologizing for the inconvenience. When it all came back they were just grateful that it was back and didnt complain much at all. And after they were used to the changes they liked it much better. Dont let them think they have a choice. Sneaky way but its effective.