I just thought I would clarify a few points raised so things get off to a good start with the MKaku.org section here at PF.
"They keep shutting down the boards at mkaku.org and then opening up a new one to get a fresh start. They've had some problems with posters, as you can see."
That's false. We never shut down the forums because of bad posters, problems, or looking to 'get a new start.'
The forums at MKaku.org have been running for 2+ years, and the only 'down time' we had was when we switched from InvisionBoard (a free software platform) to vBulletin (which this forum uses). There was no conversion tool at the time that would allow us to move users, posts, and settings from InvisionBoard to vBulletin.
So, we had to start from scratch when installing vBulletin. Other than that, the forums have been up since they were launched a couple years ago.
"It's funny, because one the religious nutcases got pissed off at a certain poster and eventually started contacting him at his home. For some reason those boards always attracted a special brand of extremists you won't find anywhere else."
The certain poster was no innocent victim as you made them out to be. They both attacked each other publicly until we gave them ultimatums, upon which point the 'victim' decided to leave. The aforementioned 'religious nut' left shortly after.
As far as contacting a member at home, from what I understand (and I was in contact with both members), the 'victim' complained about being contacted at 'his office' email. But the fact was, the member used this email address to register, and the 'religious nut' simply used the Email Member feature available on the forum to privately continue their flame war. As far as phone calls or other contacts, I wasn't clear as to what else happened.
Suffice to say, every forum will attract bad apples and a certain special breed of flamers, trolls, advertisers, ideology hard liners, and the whole lot. As I understand it, Greg and PF have a knack for handling these members, so the MKaku.org Forums are in good hands.
We simply didn't have enough time to manage a community at MKaku.org, and we didn't have time to put up with the day-to-day issues with flamers, trolls, remarks, and things generally getting out of hand. We decided to shut down the forums last week until Greg stepped up and made an offer we couldn’t refuse. An offer that would benefit the members of MKaku.org by allowing them to still have a place to discuss, joke, vent, and spend time posting rather than doing homework or getting some fresh air : \
So we would like to thank Greg and PF for being so generous as to hosting the MKaku.org Forums, allowing myself and Michael Phillips to devote our time to future projects. Hopefully, you will be hearing more about Hyperspace Productions in the future : )
Thank you all for your time, and we hope you enjoy the new sections that will come along with the MKaku.org addition to PF!
Cory R. -
cosmic@mkaku.org
