Folks Of Interest Social Forums & The Future

If anyone has any links/bookmarks to these threads, please pm them to me. Again, no promises... Just effort.

 

Here’s where we’re at: this thread’s been loaded 2,519 times by 131 unique users.

Last week, the entire social forums section racked up 913 page loads from 39 unique users. That’s it. So no matter how good the content might’ve been in there, over 99% of the community never even saw it. It wasn't indexed. It wasn't searchable. It was selfish data.

Stack that against the hours and cash it takes to keep the damned thing alive and the choice is obvious. Kill it. Still, I hate losing, and pulling the plug on something I built feels like a loss.

I’ll live with it. But don’t get me wrong... I’m not pointing fingers. The blame lands squarely on me. I built the feature, I carried it, and now I’m burying it.

And yeah, I shouldn’t have even mentioned the shit talking. That’s irrelevant. Just struck me as ironic - like a little snapshot of the times we’re living in.

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Closing this thread now.

If you have ANY links or bookmarks to an old social forum thread, please PM it to me. I'm not guaranteeing anything, but I will try to pluck it and move it over to the forums. ​

 

I had this hanging on the wall above my workbench at work for years and years. If everyone would simply think about the last one before they spoke or acted, the world would be a far better place...
(Don't do anything that wouldn't make your Mom proud)

21 Suggestions for Success

By H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

1. Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your happiness or misery.
2. Work at something you enjoy and that's worthy of your time and talent.
3. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
4. Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.
5. Be forgiving of yourself and others.
6. Be generous.
7. Have a grateful heart.
8. Persistence, persistence, persistence.
9. Discipline yourself to save money on even the most modest salary.
10. Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.
11. Commit yourself to constant improvement.
12. Commit yourself to quality.
13. Understand that happiness is not based on possessions, power or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect.
14. Be loyal.
15. Be honest.
16. Be a self-starter.
17. Be decisive even if it means you'll sometimes be wrong.
18. Stop blaming others. Take responsibility for every area of your life.
19. Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did.
20. Take good care of those you love.
21. Don't do anything that wouldn't make your Mom proud.