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Would big-board admins prefer this section to be private and only be seen by big-board admins and vborg and vbcom staff?

By big boards I mean those listed on big-boards.com (or those that qualify to).

I won't start a poll because non-big-board owners will vote (

).

Personally I think big-board admins would be willing to share more if they new this section was private.

Please post your thoughts along with your url if you are not a well known Big-Board admin.

Karri · #22 03-27-2006, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razasharp

Big board admins care - because it's them who the section is aimed at, it's them who are invited to post in here, and frankly, without them there would be no such section.

I thought this section was aimed at big boards not big-boards if you get my meaning. It is for big (IE large) board admins and not specifically aimed at those listed with big-boards. The description for this section is "Use this forum to discuss issues related to running large vBulletin forums" it doesn't mention anything about big-boards. If I am misinformed, forgive me.

Reeve of shinra · #23 03-27-2006, 03:51 PM

I visit a couple of sites (TAZ and http://www.bigboardadmin.com among them) and I think that a lot of larger forum owners simply prefer to discuss some matters in private -- especially since the information being shared is of a semi-sensitive nature.

pcoskat · #24 03-27-2006, 03:54 PM

I'm a BBA, and don't care if this board is 'open'.

To be honest, I don't see the point in making them private. (I've read the points that have been made...but I don't think they justify making the boards private.)

BamaStangGuy · #25 03-28-2006, 01:56 AM

I have a site with 280,000+ posts and I do not think this should be made private at the big-boards.com standard. There are a lot of good tips big board admins can give out that would apply to a site my size as well. Also why should big-board.com define what a big-board is here anyway and knock out those that could still benefit from this discussion?

EricaJoy · #26 03-28-2006, 04:25 PM

As a non big-board owner, I disagree with making this forum private. Why? Because I administer a board for a friend of mine that is growing exponentially. Probably by summer it will be at "big board" status and I would like to incorporate optimization tips found here before it does reach "big board" status.

Also, I don't understand what purpose a private forum would serve.

Bad idea overall.

Erwin · #27 03-29-2006, 02:32 AM

I thought this forum was for board admins who are big.

joeychgo · #28 03-29-2006, 03:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vissa

I don't see a reason to keep it hidden and I have a few very large forums (I don't really like the term big boards any more!). People are always trying to create private clubs to keep people out -- IE lets not give away our "secrets". The whole idea of vb.org is to share. Now if it was a security discussion section, I could see limiting it to vb owners only.

-vissa

Well said. I agree.

Ohiosweetheart · #29 03-29-2006, 04:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vissa

I don't see a reason to keep it hidden and I have a few very large forums (I don't really like the term big boards any more!). People are always trying to create private clubs to keep people out -- IE lets not give away our "secrets". The whole idea of vb.org is to share. Now if it was a security discussion section, I could see limiting it to vb owners only.

-vissa

I SO agree...

Domenico · #30 11-09-2006, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erwin

I thought this forum was for board admins who are big.

Admins who have a big ego you mean?

:alien:

#31 11-09-2006, 04:47 PM

/me points out to Domenico that Erwin's post is 8 months old.

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