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Post by Board Manager on Jun 30, 2006 11:15:14 GMT 7
if i understood what you mean i might be interested This is great! It would be great if all those interested provided good information from expats to expats!
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Post by madmac on Jul 1, 2006 3:11:31 GMT 7
Well, this board is financed by advertisement as is the other one. Nobody to blame for.
Register or buy a good and relevant domain and it should work.
Good luck, Mac
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Post by localaunt on Jul 3, 2006 10:01:19 GMT 7
Apparently users post similar threads in the OTHER board and here. Mostly by anonymous users. I reckon they want to see for themselves which board do they get the most responses and perhaps decide there and then, where to park their ass? Pardon my usage of that naughty word.
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Post by globetrotter on Jul 22, 2006 12:00:40 GMT 7
Hi, BM. Yep - don't think you should have too many forums; don't have more than fit on one screen, because I, for one, won't scroll down to find them. I do visit, but I don't post too often, because modesty dictates that my name shouldn't dominate the list of latest posters on the home page! Re the board's name - it's a bit long and cumbersome to remember if you're telling a friend about it verbally, or even if you're too lazy to look it up if you're informing them electronically. As someone said, pick a snappy name for a website and link it back here. That's my three cents. Now, how to find an avatar ....
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Post by Board Manager on Jul 22, 2006 20:41:06 GMT 7
Hey, the best way to support this forum is to post very often, like once every 10 minutes or something...
True that the board name is a bit long. Surely next Christmas a kind soul will buy a nice address and link it to this board.
Chears
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Post by Disgruntled user on Jul 26, 2006 17:38:25 GMT 7
Everybody reads, nobody posts...
Why?
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Post by expatyorkshire on Jul 28, 2006 10:44:54 GMT 7
. Surely next Christmas a kind soul will buy a nice address and link it to this board. Chears why dont you buy one yourself it costs $8 a year
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Post by Board Manager on Jul 28, 2006 11:35:04 GMT 7
why dont you buy one yourself it costs $8 a year As JFK said: Don't ask what I can do for you. Ask what you can do for me!
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Post by Board Manager on Jul 28, 2006 18:11:06 GMT 7
OK, there are a couple of reasons I don't want to buy a site. 1. I want to remain anonymous. As you can imagine the evil BM E-mailed me telling the usually bullsh!t of logging my IP stuff, calling the police, me going into trouble, blah blah blah. (that guy really lost his marbles! I wonder if he actually calls the police every time he tells people he will do/has done it. If he does, the police must be bored to death to keep hearing him whining how bad his customers are 'police officer, this person used foul language! buh hu. Please arrest him.') Of course the guy doesn't know who I am, and the police would spend too much time to find out (if they were interested in the first place, but since I haven't committed any crime, I don't think they are). However, if I register the evil guy would know who I am, and he might pay some big guys to come and beat me up. Besides, I would like to leave people the freedom to write about Singapore politics, and as you know I might go in trouble if the police finds out who I am. 2. Even if I open a site, then what? Move the message board there? It would be open to hacking very easily. I run another message board that gets hacked every couple of months. Then it is unusable for a few days, and when it is restored the messages posted during the last 2 weeks or so are lost. Is this what you want? I don't think so. Expatsingapore.com is hosted by eve.groupee.com/ and the evil board manager pays them a lot of money to keep it hacking free, spamming free, etc. Is this what you want me to do? I hope not! Basically, he is ready to do it because he (somehow) makes money with that board, and I don't. You can't get a hacking-free, spamming-free board for 8 bucks a year. 3. I did open a site: www.geocities.com/expat.forum/, with a link to this board. That was a few weeks ago, but nobody seemed to care, since nobody acknowledged it. 4. This board name is difficult to remember? Come on... expatsingapore, like the board of the evil man. pro, like professional, prototype, proactive, prom, frodo with a p and without an o, boards, like boards, 105, like Galaxy 105, Country 105, Wave 105, etc. Besides, don't you have a bookmark function on your computer? 5. Why don't you open a site and link it to this board? I make 0 money with this board, I opened it to allow people to post censor-free, to allow people to sell everything they want without having to pay me a commission, to allow people to post links, photos, etc. And now you also want me to buy a site? Well, why don't you do it? It's not that I am pissed off or something. Not at all! It's just that I like to think that this is the board of the users (unlike expatsingapore.com, which is obviously the private board of the evil bm, as he reminds everybody every 5 seconds). I interfere the least I can, and only to delete rude comments, not to delete the messages I disagree with, and I never deleted a single thread. I want this to be a team-work exercise. If you like it, you contribute to it. If nobody likes it, then I guess it's not meant to be. P.S. Do you like the fact that I have modified the order of the forums in order of popularity?
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Post by expatyorkshire on Jul 29, 2006 11:31:40 GMT 7
For someone who runs a board you seem not to understand a few basics starting point go to www.namecheap.com 1. I want to remain anonymous. You can still do this I mean just pay $1 for anonymity 2. Even if I open a site, then what? Move the message board there? you dont have to move the board its the same board .....just with www.signaporealtforum.com on top Expatsingapore.com is hosted by eve.groupee.com/ and the evil board manager pays them a lot of money to keep it hacking free, spamming free, etc. Is this what you want me to do? I hope not! Basically, he is ready to do it because he (somehow) makes money with that board, and I don't. You can't get a hacking-free, spamming-free board for 8 bucks a year. again you fail to undarstand the basics ...what i am saying is buy a domain name not a board . 4. This board name is difficult to remember? Come on... expatsingapore, like the board of the evil man. pro, like professional, prototype, proactive, prom, frodo with a p and without an o, boards, like boards, 105, like Galaxy 105, Country 105, Wave 105, etc. Besides, don't you have a bookmark function on your computer? Its not easy to remember ...but singaporealtforum is easy to remember 5. Why don't you open a site and link it to this board? because it not my board its yours ..... i have my own forums I make 0 money with this board, I opened it to allow people to post censor-free, to allow people to sell everything they want without having to pay me a commission, to allow people to post links, photos, etc. And now you also want me to buy a site? Its only $ 8 get over it Well, why don't you do it? It's not that I am pissed off or something. you sound quite pissed pff What a rant ....FFS I was only trying to give you some advice .........to improve the popularityand usage of your board .
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Post by localaunt on Jul 29, 2006 11:58:01 GMT 7
Ouch!
Personally, I will use this board until the day some troll decide to use poor me as his/her target for all that is wrong in his/her world. ;D
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Post by McDonalds on Jul 30, 2006 23:27:01 GMT 7
Where is the cat lady?
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Post by Meow on Jul 31, 2006 8:43:34 GMT 7
McDonalds, the sweet old lady has de-registered herself as a member here because of one crappy, patriotic Singaporean who thinks she has degraded her fellowmen by using the word 'kiasu' in one of her posts. To avoid the deluge of personal messages of this deranged man who persistently insisted she deleted that post, she feels it is best to remain anonymous. Only registered users can pm one another.
The BM has already stated that he will not remove any threads or postings in this message board unlike the BM of the OTHER board. Some people just do not get it.
Have a nice day, McDonalds and thanks for missing me. ;D
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Post by MC Donalds on Jul 31, 2006 21:02:01 GMT 7
Hey, that was a cheap imitation. I'm the real thing! Anyway, appreciate cheap imitiation's (am I allowed to make guesses who it was? Oops, made already. Oh well, let's keep it our little secret) kindness to not post as me anything I would have objected. I've been missing you, too cat lady but have been busy apartment hunting and dying of a flu so haven't had much time to hang around here
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Post by Meow on Aug 1, 2006 8:31:49 GMT 7
What cheap imitation, McDonalds? I hope you'll find your home soon and may I wish you a speedy recovery too! Have a good day!
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Post by MC Donalds on Aug 1, 2006 18:32:26 GMT 7
Meaning that the person writing as McDonalds was not me (writing as MC Donalds). You know, the small difference Thank you for your concern! Found and signed a lease for a very nice new home, resqued a hungry looking stray dog to a kennel (maybe he can also move to the new place), and am getting better. A very good day to you, too! Sorry to hear about your misadventure, hope there will be no more idiots harrassing you! If they do, let me know and I'll send my new canine friend to bite their a$$
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Post by madmax on Aug 2, 2006 14:29:48 GMT 7
Where has everybody gone? In the last few days very few people have posted.
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Post by Anon 2 on Aug 2, 2006 14:55:55 GMT 7
Notice only one female member is left? ;D I'm referring to the one-liner NLM. The rest of the ladies have dissappeared and as this board looks like it's left to the busy working males, you can't possibly expect them to log in all the time.
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Post by brainstorm on Aug 2, 2006 23:15:59 GMT 7
now what can we do to attract the women back and more new women onto this board? Put flower prints on the background of the forum template?
Oh working men, LOG IN and POST!
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Post by Naughty Little Minx on Aug 2, 2006 23:32:42 GMT 7
Notice only one female member is left? ;D I'm referring to the one-liner NLM. The rest of the ladies have dissappeared and as this board looks like it's left to the busy working males, you can't possibly expect them to log in all the time. Does it mean I can have the guys to myself? Modify: My website has more than just one-liners my dear
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