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What's been going on with the forum then?
- Thread starter Dan
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Nah, keep the beers.
You do good buying from the sponsors like Ray (and please do consider the others like the web design guy and invoicing firm etc etc first). They literally bank roll the forum.
I get grilled a lot on the sparky forum for "earning millions" when in actual fact I live quite a humble life. Holiday just gone was the first in 4 years. Etc etc don't get the violins out.
I'd make a shed load more if I sold on the forums (and I used to on my first tile forum, used to sell tools and training) but those forums don't last.
What works as a business model, although I don't earn loads, is us making sure we keep just enough regular sponsors to fund the forum and things like this. And you guys buying off them keeps them as sponsors. So I don't need to find other ways to make this work.
I had a kind offer to have a donation from a kind guy (wont mention names, the guy later said he was a new business too, bless him, as if I'd take his money) and I said no, just buy off a sponsor if they seem reasonable on things you buy. And always consider them first. And TELL THEM WHEN YOU BUY OFF THEM THAT YOU DID SO BECAUSE THEY SPONSOR THE FORUM.
That keeps me in a job, to do this stuff for a living.
Sod the beers this friday. I'm celebrating now but not too heavy as it's a school night.
But just keep doing what you're doing here. You lads are sound. Sparky lads are in a league of their own they're a weird bunch. Had them spreading the word that we'd shut down and they were promoting other forums. Niiiiiice. Just what we need eh?
Love you lot. 🙂
You do good buying from the sponsors like Ray (and please do consider the others like the web design guy and invoicing firm etc etc first). They literally bank roll the forum.
I get grilled a lot on the sparky forum for "earning millions" when in actual fact I live quite a humble life. Holiday just gone was the first in 4 years. Etc etc don't get the violins out.
I'd make a shed load more if I sold on the forums (and I used to on my first tile forum, used to sell tools and training) but those forums don't last.
What works as a business model, although I don't earn loads, is us making sure we keep just enough regular sponsors to fund the forum and things like this. And you guys buying off them keeps them as sponsors. So I don't need to find other ways to make this work.
I had a kind offer to have a donation from a kind guy (wont mention names, the guy later said he was a new business too, bless him, as if I'd take his money) and I said no, just buy off a sponsor if they seem reasonable on things you buy. And always consider them first. And TELL THEM WHEN YOU BUY OFF THEM THAT YOU DID SO BECAUSE THEY SPONSOR THE FORUM.
That keeps me in a job, to do this stuff for a living.
Sod the beers this friday. I'm celebrating now but not too heavy as it's a school night.
But just keep doing what you're doing here. You lads are sound. Sparky lads are in a league of their own they're a weird bunch. Had them spreading the word that we'd shut down and they were promoting other forums. Niiiiiice. Just what we need eh?
Love you lot. 🙂
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Dotty
I'm sorry..... What?
Not a chance mate.
That arse I dream about still now. When you did that twirl. ooooOOOoooo
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Dotty
Hahahahahahahahaha
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Dotty
Why, does it remind you of an old conquest?
C
Centralheatking
All good now
we are back on track
UKPF rules Ok Chking
we are back on track
UKPF rules Ok Chking
R
REDSAW
i hear he's going to blow dry his saucer especially!!lol
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Dotty
Them or you?
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T & H Plumbing
Oh my word, think I'll stop pming you croppie haha
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T & H Plumbing
Worked great for me so far Dan
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Whyme
Whao just sat down, cracked my third can on thirsty Thursday tried to log back on..Boom im an electrician. Not bad though cos i know how to fit dimmer switches. next time theres a crash Dan can u link us with the joinery site, I need to make some casement windows..Cheers.
Me too
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Alanc
I can't load the forum using tapatalk
Any ideas
Alanc
Any ideas
Alanc
I
IDCHAPPY
I was a spark earlier too, i was so depressed 😛
Same here.
I was looking forward to less stress and a better hourly rate until someone 'fixed' it ...
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Alanc
Dan
Tapatalk failing to log in, other forums working ok.
Tapatalk failing to log in, other forums working ok.
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lame plumber
I'm back .................. 🙂
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Dotty
Oh. Great.
They're not going to give up just yet.
So I'm protecting the forums for the long-term. This isn't something we'll undo next month once it goes quiet. We'll need this protection forever now.
So main thing is get the forums stay online. Then workaround everything we've had to lose feature-wise for the sake of gaining stability.
So I'm protecting the forums for the long-term. This isn't something we'll undo next month once it goes quiet. We'll need this protection forever now.
So main thing is get the forums stay online. Then workaround everything we've had to lose feature-wise for the sake of gaining stability.
That'll be a DNS cache issue.
Unfortunately every time we're offline for a bit, if your IPS or network or whatever takes a cache of the site while it's down, sometimes it'll load you that version even when it's actually back online.
Those sorts of things just iron themselves out as new cache versions are taken.
But we have been offline a here and there today since about 5pm
Thats a notable botnet....
i was under the impression most were being kept under 25/30k to stop em being noticed?
not to mention its taken rather awhile to amass that many bots!
Unless its someone with a bitmining community?
I cant even see why you would be targetted dan!
Pretty extreme even from a competitor!!
hope you get sorted.
i was under the impression most were being kept under 25/30k to stop em being noticed?
not to mention its taken rather awhile to amass that many bots!
Unless its someone with a bitmining community?
I cant even see why you would be targetted dan!
Pretty extreme even from a competitor!!
hope you get sorted.
Ummmm is this English?
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