Heya Fetch,
ladydiver just told me you had mentioned it in PM, since I totally missed it. Then again I get so dang many that Im not too suprised that a PM slipped by me, sorry about that.
But, we have been doing the Free Email and Free Hosting now for over 5 years now. It's mentioned at least ONCE on every single page throughout all of the SSN pages (just over 300 domains) ... For example, scroll down to the bottom of this very page and you'll notice it's one of the links of every page on the forums. It's at least on the bottom of every page on all the sites.
One of the other members pointed out to me the post or I probably would have missed it completely. Basically, I don't mind things being mentioned like that but I usually like a little heads up for a few reasons...
1) I can warn the person how to mention it and not get flammed and/or so that one of the regulators doesn't delete it, etc.
2) I usually try to find a way to work WITH people on joint things like this, as my goals from the beginning henge around uniting sites and not excluding them.
It's just that so many people come here just to SPAM their crap that we are forever trying to curb that stuff before it gets out of hand, which is funny because if they do it right we don't mind. What I hate is the occasional HIT and RUN spams we get.
Sometimes I don't think people realize that I do all of this, 100% of this out of my own time and pocket ($$$). At $13.50 per domain per year (with over 300 domains), you can easily see what just the domain registration cost me each year let along the servers themself and then the bandwidth, etc. 100% of the website/forum stuff I do on my own, which keeps me over worked most of the time.
We are about to launch the next phase of services and things we have planned for some time so hopefully some will allow these sites to at least start paying for themself. They have to soon because I cant keep this up forever.
Im actually suprised you didn't know about
ScubaCity.com since we do have over 25,000 ACTIVE users, that's not counting the more dormant accounts that only get used once in a blue moon. But in a way I guess Im not too suprised because I get people all the time asking why we dont do "This or that" and then I send them to a site where we have been doing it for ages. 2 of the larger examples would be like
ScubaSearch.com and
ScubaDirectory.com ... They were the first and are still the largest sites of their type. Needless to say I dont get much sleep, hehe.
Anyway, no hard feelings and I hope you can understand why I jumped like I did. People don't realize why or how it can do so much damage to not keep things in check at times.
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