Hi!
I was hesitating if I should post this or not. After days of sitting on it I decided, why not? First I would like to state that I'm not here to hurt anybody. People are different. Our views, morals, language and even the way we think differ. That's what makes the world so exciting, no? I don't agree with you on lots of things but that's not a first and I never let it blind me before.
I've found out about this site at another forum where they were discussing Retailsims. I'm not a forum person and usually never comment but I got curious why everybody edited their posts like mad. One minute I read something and after refreshing the page it disappeared. Now THAT got my attention so I PM-ed one of the opposition and asked what the hell is going on. I liked her posts, they were well written and not at all aggressive. Anyway she directed me here. Of course I was flabbergasted. I never in my wildest dreams thought there was a site such as this.
I never wanted to post but then I saw something which made me mad. Oh well, its done and over with.
I looked around and saw that you have more than 500 members but only a handful post regularly. The majority didn't even have the guts to say thank you. I wonder why they registered? I kinda understand them though. Maybe they are afraid of getting banned from other sites but maybe because you don't have different kind of topics. Yeah I know you are pirates who hate paysites and are assholes who do it just because you can, etc. Your words not mine. I've read your logo. And its dreadfully conceited. But humorous
I happen to know two people from another forum who got chastised just for mentioning this site. Another member got banned because somebody saw her here. Of course from the same site. Hm...I wonder what he was doing here and how he found out? There must be a breach in your security.
People are afraid. Not everybody has guts like Solander who doesn't give a damn what other siteowners say about him. He built a well known name in the simsworld and because of that he can be independent and do as he likes. Not everybody is that lucky.
The forum should only be open to members. Right now anybody can see it and explore it. That's not good. If you want to protect your members or want your members to feel safe you should change it. Of course there's not much you can do against hackers unless you're a better one.
Another thing. Strength is in numbers and if you don't want to be ephemeral you have to expand and to expand you need members and I don't mean members who come raid your booty and never look back but members who actively participate in the forum. And you wont get that if you give away your booty like you do now. They should get the sets after registering. That's a minimum. And if you want to keep them you should have a variety of topics. Politics, general discussions, you name it. The "Lets destroy this and that" and Openhousejack's sexual adventures wont meet everyones taste. Not everybody who comes here is a kid or undereducated.*
Please read the note below. And (now you'll probably want to kill me) you should put up a paypal button. In today's world people donate to the most absurd of things. Why not ride that? You don't have to put it in your pockets. You can use it for charity, bandwidth or for helping young talented meshers etc.
And I don't think its a good idea letting in kids. Some of the threads are not meant for children. You don't need indignant frothing at the mouth parents screaming SUE, do you? It happened with FF.net and they had to change their policy. I don't know whats the case in Malaysia but the US is well know for its pressurizing abilities. And when they want they can reach far.
I know this is a new site and well...yeah it verges on illegal. But I see potential in it. I cant say I like what or - more precisely - how you do what you do but I'm not here to judge. I always try to view both sides of the coin.
And although I'm a member here I'll keep donating to my favorite sites not because I'm so well off but because I like their community some of the really deserve it.
And last but not least I have a question. After you destroyed the paysites what then? There wont be any need for this site and you'll just die with them. So be careful how you go about this.
Sorry if I made some spelling or grammatical mistakes.
1. if you're educated you don't need to get your hackles up. Its not about you.
2. if you're educated and want to prove it please don't. I believe you in advance.
3. if you're not educated but want to prove it otherwise by huffing and puffing in my face, please spare me. I wouldn't believe you anyway.
If I forgot a category please excuse me. Read the thread if you like you may find the answer there but don't put up the same question again and again in a different phrasing.
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