Allen Says

Lol. I hope not. He created an amazing community here and I hope it will continue. For instance we have KayKing who has been an amazing contributor since the beginning . (I'm sure there are several more: )

I don't think so.... I'm thinking he knew it was time to move on , and it pains him. Allen Says is responsible for much more greatness than we even know, or could probably comprehend... In the end , as Rudyard Kipling eludes to in the poem "if", Allens will will have lived beyond his flesh and nerve and sinew.... his life has spawned greatness... He knew that it's better to burn out , than to fade away. He is already a success by all other means, regardless of money. He will have lived as a phenomenon, visionary, and highly successful entrepreneur and creative mind. Not only one of the greats, but at one of the greatest turning points in history.

Brilliant, timeless. He is related to a multitude of success, he was the host for THOUSANDS to succeed...

I don't think he is laughing at all.... I think he was smart to get out, but full of compassion, and actual LOVE for the warrior forum.

Thankyou Timokeefe, you just made my day!

Hi Tim

The problem you will have is that the people who ran the forum the mods and the admin that was the forum

The mods used to join the conversation in the threads and delete a lot of the crap threads that are on the min board before they were posted

You could use any payment method in the WSO sub forum
One of the biggest issues here is that there are way too many sub forums that now since FL took over that are useless IMHO

The war room used to be $27 for 40 yrs , I am sure others will add there lot I am missing

Jason

Tim, I'd recommend that you read through Alistair and Dan Silvestre's post histories. You'll find numerous conversations containing the exact information you seek. They were offered insights by many of the WF regulars who have since left due to the changes made. Within those comments you'll find discussions of the subtlety and nuance of the forum during its golden years.

We've been hearing that for years now.
You let us know when you're going to start then I'm sure
there will be plenty of ideas.
But there isn't any point if we're still at the same place in another
2 or 3 years.

You could start by training some mods to recognise the junk
posters who just post for sig file exposure.
I reported one today but nothing has been done.
It's so obvious what's going on to everyone except it seems the mods here.
They shouldn't even need reporting they are so obvious.

How do you measure that? What was the level, say in US inches, it was at 36, a yardstick...and now it is apparently, by your own statement, at a much lower level 20, 15, 5?

One problem is, you are about numbers, the reason for the purchase, a million members is significant in the world of data mining.

And those numbers translate somehow into dollars. We've watched how you, the corp., have monetized the WF for your dollar benefit, the obvious way to flood the forum with new members, from all over the world, and you have paid people to write content (not a bad idea, but one which was poorly executed)...

So, we really read your ADMIN post with a grain of salt tossed over our shoulders, as has been pointed out, been an ongoing "statement" of going to, and very little DOING of.

As for the subtleties, well, you can't nuance personality, which the WF had through it's many diverse personalities, many have fled...a big corporation just doesn't have the ability for subtleties.

It does have the capacity to monitor, to have clear cut guidelines and also has the ability to create a how to use the forum guide, which has been a suggestion offered to all of you admins over the years, and one which has been completely ignored, so we are forced to see the constant...

where do I start? I'm a new, what do I do? posts which could easily be eliminated and at the same time offer some help to your new members, but it appears to be of little interest to you. To those who have been here, it is like nails on a chalkboard. Can you see the difference?

GordonJ

Yep, and then he vanished, just like they all do.

As much as I hate them and never use them, I don't consider them anything above point #267 on the things that should be dealt with on this forum to improve it.

Could you set the bar any lower???

Frank

I figure the whole Alien trip could kinda fix up so much sh*t right now.

But I am only sayin' that cos I got nuthin' easy in the freezer.

(I realise that last line is a kinda psychoslasher trope, but I wanna be clear with y'all on how I do not ritually accommodate icily forever flesho over yummytits pasta sauce or mebbe sum frozo shit I can fling in the micro. Why wouldya do that?)

I wouldn't quite call it a 'mass banning'. It only came out to 4 people in the end, and it was temporary...