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There are times a member goes missing, sometimes just for short periods and sometimes for longer periods. There are man reasons for this but sometimes it is for health or other family emergencies. I just noticed that Squirtgunsquirter has not posted since last Wednesday, so I figured this would be a way to bring out the subject of absent members.

So if anybody knows or can contact SGS, and let us all know if he is doing well, I would be grateful. Maybe all my news articles have driven him into seclusion. I do think we need to keep a watchful eye out for our members.
 
Urbanprep said:
There are times a member goes missing, sometimes just for short periods and sometimes for longer periods. There are man reasons for this but sometimes it is for health or other family emergencies. I just noticed that Squirtgunsquirter has not posted since last Wednesday, so I figured this would be a way to bring out the subject of absent members.

So if anybody knows or can contact SGS, and let us all know if he is doing well, I would be grateful. Maybe all my news articles have driven him into seclusion. I do think we need to keep a watchful eye out for our members.
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SGS said he was leaving forum for a coupke of weeks because he got carried away and ended up researching 5 other memebers identities and felt realy bad about it afterward.
 
Rellgar said:
SGS said he was leaving forum for a coupke of weeks because he got carried away and ended up researching 5 other memebers identities and felt realy bad about it afterward.
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Well darn, I read the post but missed the part about leaving the forum for a couple of weeks. Double darn for him self exiling himself.
 
bigpaul said:
one of the UK members who was on here regularly seems to have gone missing? not entirely out of character but a shame as he used to post some good stuff.
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Sorry to hear (read) that. What is the members I.D. and does anybody know how to contact and check up on him / her?
 
I'm guilty of being absent ( I think it was almost 2 years ).
Work, Home, Life, etc, etc, etc......
I have also taken ownership of our Australian Prep site: Ausprep.com , as well as trying to reinvigorate our Asian site: Asiaprep.com
So I've been rather busy.,

We have a lot less members than here, 727 as I write.
One thing with admin we have discussed, is how to get members more involved, posts etc.

What we have learned is this;

1. A lot, if not, most people, will never post. They use our site as a "go to library" for information. That's ok with us. Some people don't want to post, or feel inadequate.
2. Some post, then fall off the forum. Sometimes it is disagreements over a topic, feel they have no more to offer, so stop posting.
3. Some lose interest, and never come back.
4. Some join, and never post, and never come back.

On the positive, recently we have had a number of members who were absent for over a year be seen back on line. We usually message them, say hi, and welcome them back.

Solutions?

Not sure, but I'll throw out a few ideas.
We have a State/territory thread, and we organise get togethers with people. Because we are so small, we can easiy handle this.
Is it feasable to have a number of members responsible for their own states, and if there is a way, to email/contact members from their respective state, say hi, encourage them to come back, even ask for feedback.
We did that a while ago, ask for feedback from once regular members. One was concerned that there were too many males in charge, and not enough female participation. We took this on board, though one of our three head admins is a female. We did also start a "Womens Thread" where women could discuss prepping issues relevant to them, as well as a "secret' area for women only to discuss in private.

Then again, we have banned a lot of people too, which has become a bit of a competition with us admin as to who can ban the most trolls & morons that hit our page.

Hope this helps.

PS - I'll be around more, I promise.
 
jayjay said:
I'm guilty of being absent ( I think it was almost 2 years ).
Work, Home, Life, etc, etc, etc......
I have also taken ownership of our Australian Prep site: Ausprep.com , as well as trying to reinvigorate our Asian site: Asiaprep.com
So I've been rather busy.,

We have a lot less members than here, 727 as I write.
One thing with admin we have discussed, is how to get members more involved, posts etc.

What we have learned is this;

1. A lot, if not, most people, will never post. They use our site as a "go to library" for information. That's ok with us. Some people don't want to post, or feel inadequate.
2. Some post, then fall off the forum. Sometimes it is disagreements over a topic, feel they have no more to offer, so stop posting.
3. Some lose interest, and never come back.
4. Some join, and never post, and never come back.

On the positive, recently we have had a number of members who were absent for over a year be seen back on line. We usually message them, say hi, and welcome them back.

Solutions?

Not sure, but I'll throw out a few ideas.
We have a State/territory thread, and we organise get togethers with people. Because we are so small, we can easiy handle this.
Is it feasable to have a number of members responsible for their own states, and if there is a way, to email/contact members from their respective state, say hi, encourage them to come back, even ask for feedback.
We did that a while ago, ask for feedback from once regular members. One was concerned that there were too many males in charge, and not enough female participation. We took this on board, though one of our three head admins is a female. We did also start a "Womens Thread" where women could discuss prepping issues relevant to them, as well as a "secret' area for women only to discuss in private.

Then again, we have banned a lot of people too, which has become a bit of a competition with us admin as to who can ban the most trolls & morons that hit our page.

Hope this helps.

PS - I'll be around more, I promise.
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I have run a number of forums,,,,banning trolls or trouble makers can be touchy I had 3 guys that I banned once and they were complete turds,,,,even the aholes have supporters ,,,,, I was getting complaints from a lot of members,but once the ban was in effect,,,,,their was a group of about 40 members that did nothing but raise hell about it,,you can not ban every member you don't like,,after 3 or 4 months I walked away from the site,,,it just was not worth the trouble,,,,,,,, if you are in charge of a site it is best to create a dummy account to do all the dirty work.....just my .02 worth
 
grayghost668 said:
I have run a number of forums,,,,banning trolls or trouble makers can be touchy I had 3 guys that I banned once and they were complete turds,,,,even the aholes have supporters ,,,,, I was getting complaints from a lot of members,but once the ban was in effect,,,,,their was a group of about 40 members that did nothing but raise hell about it,,you can not ban every member you don't like,,after 3 or 4 months I walked away from the site,,,it just was not worth the trouble,,,,,,,, if you are in charge of a site it is best to create a dummy account to do all the dirty work.....just my .02 worth
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yeah tell me about it, I was running a prepping site as manager with the agreement I would take over from the owner at a later date, thankfully I hadn't got around to laying out any money on it just my time, effort and knowledge, too many arseholes coming on site, not all spammers just moaners, came on site one morning to find the owner had banned me, (how the hell do you ban a FORUM MANAGER?) that's was the end of that, the site has gone on under a different name but most of the members haven't got the slightest clue about life post SHTF as they are all short term "preppers".
 
bigpaul said:
yeah tell me about it, I was running a prepping site as manager with the agreement I would take over from the owner at a later date, thankfully I hadn't got around to laying out any money on it just my time, effort and knowledge, too many arseholes coming on site, not all spammers just moaners, came on site one morning to find the owner had banned me, (how the hell do you ban a FORUM MANAGER?) that's was the end of that, the site has gone on under a different name but most of the members haven't got the slightest clue about life post SHTF as they are all short term "preppers".
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I am into rabbit hunting with Beagles and have been a member on several sites,,,,,,maybe I just don't play well with others but I have been banned a number of times for not taking crap from anyone,,,,including owners,,,,,,,,,,,my solution I now have my own forum ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,https://www.thebeaglehound.net/ ,,,,,,, it is small but that suites me fine,,,I check every member and I know most of the people who use these sites and most are members on several forums,and known trouble makers are not welcome
 
grayghost668 said:
I am into rabbit hunting with Beagles and have been a member on several sites,,,,,,maybe I just don't play well with others but I have been banned a number of times for not taking crap from anyone,,,,including owners,,,,,,,,,,,my solution I now have my own forum ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,https://www.thebeaglehound.net/ ,,,,,,, it is small but that suites me fine,,,I check every member and I know most of the people who use these sites and most are members on several forums,and known trouble makers are not welcome
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I think that's my trouble, I don't take crap from anybody and if I think their talking crap I will say so.
been banned from several sites for my forthright views, dosent matter and I don't care.
 
I think a key point has been missed. Political environment. When people feel safe then there is no need to prep. When they get nervous, they start prepping.

In the first year after Trump was elected, prepping nearly disappeared. Everyone had to revamp how and what they sold. It's now coming back but still a fraction of what it was in '16 pre-election. It will get busy again as the 2020 election gets ramped up this next year.
 
grayghost668 said:
I am into rabbit hunting with Beagles and have been a member on several sites,,,,,,maybe I just don't play well with others but I have been banned a number of times for not taking crap from anyone,,,,including owners,,,,,,,,,,,my solution I now have my own forum ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,https://www.thebeaglehound.net/ ,,,,,,, it is small but that suites me fine,,,I check every member and I know most of the people who use these sites and most are members on several forums,and known trouble makers are not welcome
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Nice site Ghost!
 
Been banned on one forum and quit another. So far real happy with this forum. Enough freedom to get it said but the forum does not tolerate abusive attacks. Works for me. Not a big fan of banning folks but know it has to be done in some cases. Trolls begone.
 
Interesting comments - I guess we are really lucky that we have had pretty much the same admin for a long time, and we are all on the same page re the direction we want the forum to head.
Funnily enough, it's been members asking us to ban people for not adhering to our rules. I think this is why we run along smoothly, a good core of contributing members who are very supportive of our direction and rules. ( most bans are for anti Govt, anti Jewish, anti Muslim etc comments_ we are a prepping forum, not a political platform, so we tend to come down pretty hard on those who cross the line. It's worked so far!)
 
Silent Earth said He would be off this site for a while .
Over lord from the Philippines and another member from there quit showing up . I don't think they cared for some of the criticism of islam . ??
Marvin from Germany that became a U.S Citizen hasn't been on in couple of years . He had some good post .
 
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Psalm7 said:
said He would be off this site for a while .
Over lord from the Philippines and another member from there quit showing up . I don't think they cared for some of the criticism of islam . ??
Marvin from Germany that became a U.S Citizen hasn't been on in couple of years . He had some good post .
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I also haven’t heard from Sally C in a while.
 
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