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I never had that happen with a forum, but I had that happen with a Facebook group, because of one of my staff members that I removed. I crushed that group, it no longer exists.
I try to make sure I always have backups. It's extremely important, especially if your site has a ton of content/members.
I have lost my site in the past due to not taking regular backups, I'll never let it happen again.
Has it happened to you?
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I never said everyone, but I won't go back and forth here. Good luck with your merges. I'm not hating. I do wish you success, but I don't see how merging smaller communities helps, and I stand on that.
I just got rid of my only moderator, so yes I believe I'm capable. I also don't have much of a social life outside of my community, so I got a lot of time to dedicate to it.
With that being said. I do have friends I seek for advice if I need it. I often trust @Cpvr for his experience.
A lot of forum owners that do post exchanges are more than willing to do exchanges with general discussion forums. I am one of them. PM me if your interested.
It takes more than hard work. You must be dedicated, forums usually grow slow unless you have a great promotion strategy, and a budget to advertise.
You also need to stay motivated to update your community on a daily basis at least that's my approach with my forum. I consider it my hobby/job...
How was it a insult? I'm sorry I think it's funny that I see people start countless forums then merge them. Maybe if more attention was put to one forum, you wouldn't need to merge. Merges only help with content, maybe get a few members, not if all the sites are small though. Probably a lot of...