I feel the same. This board is definetly dead. I have permission to restart the monthly photo contest. Which I will be doing, but maybe we can do something to attract more people?I'm pretty sure it's fine because I feel like I've heard of reputable breeders doing this, but it's something I've wondered for a while myself. I hope someone with some knowledge replies to this thread?
This forum seems dead. It's a shame (I came from arachnoboards after being banned) and this forum seems much better layout, more user friendly (better rules, moderation, etc.) But totally a ghost town... I see the same 3 people basically exclusively on every thread. It's a shame. Maybe when I'm unbanned from AB I can divert some of those guys over here lol
I feel the same. This board is definetly dead. I have permission to restart the monthly photo contest. Which I will be doing, but maybe we can do something to attract more people?
Salt lake City, Utah.
Cool, when? I'll show you where I get my T's, and maybe we can go shooting.I love SLC. I'm gonna come visit you
Yeah I will spread the word on AB when I'm unbanned like I said. It's a shame because I made a custom T-shirt for the next Toronto expo that say Arachnoboards and my username Spodermin but now I'm banned LOL I wish I could change it to rep this forum but I'm not spending another $40 CAD.
This is genuinely a better platform though. We can only try.
Where are you located, Tnoob?
It would be hilarious if everybody banned on AB turned up at an expo in t-shirts that said, "Banned from ArachnoBoards for _______________"
The back of the t-shirt could have "Come on over to The Tarantula Forum. You won't find any Arachnobores here!"
LOL I love it.
And just banned for a bunch of bs reasons, language, "provoking posts", "questioning staff member decisions" etc. etc.
Currently permabanned from posting because I allegedly made an alt following the ban from another IP address. They have too much time on their hands, whackjobs.
I like a forum where I can say "****" better anyways. I don't like being told what to do. That's why I love this forum so much. If Enn49 ever told me not to do something it would carry so much more weight because I've never heard it before. At AB it was like they personally monitored everything I said and did and gave me a "point" on their point system for everything. I could give you specifics if you want
I really do love this forum. But I want to start my own, something primarily canadian (with blackjack and hookers)
Seems silly to ban someone just for having a different opinion and questioning decisions. Surely a forum shouldnt be run like a dictatorship.
What I don't like on there is that any time someone asks a question, people jump in demanding pictures of the T in its enclosure at all angles, like hounds on the scent of blood from a wounded prey, and you just know that they are going to rip them to shreds and critique it to ___. it would make me hesitate to post pictures, which is sad as I'd like to ask for advice, and pictures can be incredibly useful.
This forum is different, as people don't nitpick every little thing, but just point out the main stuff in a nice way.
I personally have found AB an extremely useful resource, but there is the aspect that there is a hardcore bunch of people on there, who gang up on anyone stepping away from their commandments, i.e. "Thou shalt not handle thou T", or "Thou shalt not go straight onto Old World's" . While I personally agree with those commandments, I am happy to acknowledge that not everyone does, and I would never dream of demonising anyone for doing it differently.