Running a forum preserve of mad webmasters like Temi?

[crowebird]

duke you fly for real? Thats sweet if you do. Im planning on getting my pilots license along with my drivers next year. Oh and I would be happy to support your forum at my site or forum if I can get ads in there, if you have a banner 468x60 send it to me and I will get it up as soon as I can\

cheers,
mike

Originally Posted by crowebird

duke you fly for real? Thats sweet if you do. Im planning on getting my pilots license along with my drivers next year. Oh and I would be happy to support your forum at my site or forum if I can get ads in there, if you have a banner 468x60 send it to me and I will get it up as soon as I can\

cheers,
mike

I only fly in combat flight sims such as IL 2 Forgotten Battles.

I'd be more than happy to exchange banners with you but I have a bit of a dilemna. My front page is already horribly overcrowded but I still add smaller buttons to the bottom of it at 110 x 56. I also have a Web Links area where you get the same banner and a site description of your chosing here.

Maybe I can place your banner in the blocks at the bottom of the page but I'll have to shorten it to 460 x 60. If this is good enough, please let me know.

I've also been thinking, what if we all (as webmasters) had a .swf banner that showed all of our banners in a rotating movie on all of our sites?

Just a thought.

[OldWelshGuy]

I have the live chat on there so that people can speak to family in private from around the world, so although the forums will suffer from it, That really does not worry me, as the strength will be the communication power of the forum via newsletters and the shoutbox. You have to be registered to use the chat, so as long as I have a point of contact via email to sedn out the village times, I am happy.

On another point, I have a rugby website forum that is qutoie busy considering. Anyhow many of the Welsh boys that visit are currently serving i Iraq, and this week three of them posted to say thank you, and explained that it is hell out there, but the forum has allowed them to mentally get away, and be back with their friends at home. I had tears in my eyes reading that thread, and it made me remember again just how much we take for granted, and how much good a forum can do.

[temi]

Originally Posted by Old Welsh Guy

. Anyhow many of the Welsh boys that visit are currently serving i Iraq, and this week three of them posted to say thank you, and explained that it is hell out there, but the forum has allowed them to mentally get away, and be back with their friends at home. I had tears in my eyes reading that thread, and it made me remember again just how much we take for granted, and how much good a forum can do.

I never though a forum could be a useful tool at giving our personnel in Iraq a boost, I am pleased to hear your rugby forum is being used that way its being used by the boys in Iraq.

[OldWelshGuy]

Temi, nor did I, It just goes to show that often times we do more good than we realise. It is quantum thought, that everyone at some time or other will do something that will impact on someone the world over. Everyone it seems is 6 steps away from everyone else, such is the power of social networking.

We just do not realise how big, the little things we do, are. I have a friend, and he was once homeless. He was at one stage suicidal, and stood on a road bridge looking straight ahead. He turned toward the road, to build up the courage to throw himself off into the river below. A guy walking toward him made eye contact, something he said rarely happened. Then the guy spoke to him Something that happened ever more rarely they chatted for a few moments turns out they shared the same taste in music, discovered when my friend asked what the guy was listening to on his Walkman. After a few minutes the guy said to my friend, "hey look take these few pennies, I have not got my wallet with me today, but I will buy you a drink tomorrow, and we will chat again, same time? same place?

My friend then said that he believed that to throw himself off the bridge would be wrong, as he had an agreement to meet someone, but decided he would have as much free beer of this guy as possible to make it easier to throw himself off the day after.

To cut a long story short, they met up, went for a drink in a local pub, had a chat, and suddenly my friend realised that he was a real person, with opinions that were allowed to be heard, and respected. He had a few beers bought for him that night, and he left with the thought of killing himself gone, and a sense of self worth injected. At what cost? maybe £20 worth of beer from half a dozen people. I doubt any of those people were do gooders, I doubt they even considered their actions, as most of them were drunk at the time. I doubt that any of them ever knew that they had saved the lives of another human being.

I doubt the guy who originally stopped to chat realised that it was his selfless action that saved anothers life! Small things mean a lot.

[temi]

OWG,
Thank is heavy and what a coincident that that guy stopped for a chat with the suicidal gent and what a difference it made.
Temi

It just goes to show that when you need it most fate always seems to come through.


Anyway back on track

I believe in forums more than I do chat rooms because you dont have to worry about being on at the same time, forums allow you to converse with people from around the world regardless of time zone location, etc
I also think they are very rewarding, I always feel happy when someone chooses my forum to post in, makes me feel like I am doing a good job and it gives me a chance to impart some knowledge and help a few people along the way.