[sanjay]

Aaah now I understand. You want to make trouble and false accusations because you own a competing forum and are trying to recruit members from here. If I catch you spamming our members about your forums I will have to take action, especially since you are not being upfront about it.

Originally Posted by Harry

Hard to say if popularity of the forum software has anything to do with it or not? Unsure about the inner workings of vB but i imagine it cant be much different then say IPB ( Have one of those as well ) which has the same issue with spam bots granted they dont get passed as easy on my site atleast as i have registeration set to admin approval. That way ALL accounts are checked AFTER people have replied to their email BEFORE they can post. On average there is usually around 10 spam bot accounts a day that gets zapped. Pain in the rear but worth it as i cant stand the spam bots. I know of a couple of forums with millions of posts and 1,000s ( One case has 30,000 members ) of members using that MYBB and they still DONT get the spam bots.

Thank you for your suggestions on addressing spam and your promotion of MYBB software.

Originally Posted by Harry

In either case systems like this vB are WAY WAY WAY TOO Overated. A bit of which has to do about the misconception about paid software being better. Couldnt be further from the truth especially as far as forum software goes. I can do as much ( if not more ) with my MYBB forum as i can this or more IPB forum. Security is as good if not better and support is always there. I post a support topic on their forum and it's usually answered within minutes. And ofcourse it is free. IPB and vB have gotten way way too costly and have forgotten their roots and more people by the day are switching to other as good alternatives such as mybb. No i am not suggesting you all switch either. Just saying not to judge a book by its cover. Paid does not equall better as far as forum software goes.

IPB and VB are used by the largest and best forums for a reason. I am sure that smartbb is good for amateur hobbyists and I personally would never waste my time insulting another persons choice of software.

Originally Posted by Harry

As far as the network goes. How good is that gonna be if there is NO USERS exchanging info which is what forums is about? Again people will not like the idea of squeezing the little man out which is basically what this sort of thing is trying to do? As said above forums are about COMMUNITY.

Does this mean anything to you? To me it is gibberish and it is written in very poor English as is the rest of your post.

Originally Posted by Harry

Unsure about where your from but here in the USA people have had it with big corps which in a number of cases have been destroying their communities.

LOL are you being racist against me because I am not ashamed to use my real name on the forums? Not sure where 'you're from' but even in American English we would use the apostrophe to denote 'you're' as distinct from 'your'.

Originally Posted by Harry

Why would people wanna give to a big corp over someone like themselves? Again that IS what forums/communities are about. I'll admit it turns my stomach to see Corps trying to get a foothold in with the online communities. I am trying to be as civil about this as possible too.

You are not being civil- you are stirring up trouble to help your own self interest out.

Originally Posted by Harry

I suggest you have your corp bosses look into why those like TWC, MSN, YAHOO, etc are a fading breed. Again people DONT LIKE big corps looking down their shoulder which is basically what it would amount too. Nor do they want to be the targets of them for profit. And BELIEVE ME when i say if others get wind of this they wont be as civil as i am about what your bosses are trying to pull especially in the wx community.

I am the corporate boss at my company and I don't appreciate your ridiculousness and threats. What are you accusing me of pulling in the WX community?

Originally Posted by Harry

Ot a sec but a bit you should know that is sorta related and why this site may never go far.

Thank you for another unsubstantiated insult at our membership.

Originally Posted by Harry

I am about certain too that the guy who sold your bosses this forum/site wont be welcome back at most weather sites either. I for one wont welcome him back to my own for all the trouble he caused related to his endless spamming to get people here. Basically why the rest wont allow him back either. Top it off he brought people over only to sell out to a big corp who is trying to overtake online communities which wont go over well at all. His only game seems to be to make money off of his creating websites and then spamming others so he can boost his number to sell that site off. Yeah i am well aware of him doing the same with a political site. Others have become well aware of what he is up to as well. I can careless about the political stuff or him wanting to make a quick buck but dont do it at the expense of my members and my sites. Unlike a few i do care about the people who use and visit my site and others i post/member at and they DESERVE better. Why i guess a number of people have left here as well and who can blame them.

I do not know where your jealousy of the former owner comes from, but it is not really my concern or problem. Seems like you have issues with him as well. Not sure why you ever joined if you hate everything so much?

What does concern me is to have a guest of one of our communities spew blatant nonsense in bad English. I think we have all heard your position and you are welcome to keep posting here if you chose, but you need to be respectful to the rest of the community.

Any positive suggestions are welcome. We will look at adding more spam controls to the user registration process based upon some of your suggestions.