Competitors... *sigh* They really can be nasty at times.
My board was started because a bunch of us at a board got sick and tired of the drama and general BS that was always going on behind the scenes... the 'administration' changed on a daily basis and dirty laundry was aired for all to see. That's all great if you're running a soap opera site... but it doesn't work on a political discussion site.
Anyway, so we built our own site. The admin at the old site then proceeded to thrash the snot out of our site through email campaigns and threats of lawsuits over copyright material :rolleyes: , personal attacks on some of my members... it was/is nasty!! Mind you, our response has always been no response at all. We just go about our business and we simply don't throw the ball back.
But it has hurt my site. How can I fight something like that? Well, I found a way... and so far so good... but I'm not done yet...
As everyone has suggested here, change is
GOOD!! ... So I upgraded... and installed all of the bells and whistles. That attracted attention... cool!... now I've got them at least there... so now I have to keep them. How I'm currently doing that is by continuously promising "MORE TO COME"! ... You see, I didn't unveil all of my bag of tricks all at once. I still have a few things up my sleeve... and I now have a captive audience.
This coming week I will be changing my format... We'll still be a political discussion board... but we're going to do it in a way that, as far a I know, has never been done before on a site like this. Everyone is excited about the changes and are anxiously awaiting the future.
This is the best thing I cold have ever done for my site!... You've got to first
GRAB their interest... but then you have to hold it. Change is good. Unique is better!
