Facing bad publicity from a malicious user

So I had a disgruntled ex member of one of my forums turn into a malicious user.
Just been pointed out to me that he’s starting up a smear campaign against Tech Watch and Britecorp.
And he’s threatening to escalate it.
At this point there are two options available:

Allow this guy to escalate his hate campaign, and try […]

Forum building recommendations

In case you didn’t know, I’m a great lover of communities.
I used to be a member of around 100, and now I’m developing a portfolio of my own.
Shoemoney run’s a great show on Webmaster Radio called “Making Money from Forums”, and there are some great tips on there - not simply for monetising forums, […]

Having fun with MySpace

Finally joined MySpace last night, and already spent the day addicted to signing up new friends.
Started with zero, found about 6 from my forums who were already members, and then spent the day chasing up keywords and sending friend requests.
So far got around 43 friends. :)
There are a number of addictive elements - firstly, in […]

Dealing with malicious users

Most of the people I meet online are pretty sound. Ordinary people in an extraordinary medium.
Luckily, I don’t meet bad apples very often, but last night it seems I crossed paths with a particular rotten one.
A member of Tech Watch was last night sent a warning for spamming his ads and links on the forum. […]

Creating new forums the easy way

One of the biggest headaches in starting up a new forum is developing content and activity.
The simple truth being that people are less likely to join and contribute to an empty and inactive forum.
So the first challenge is to create plenty of discussions worth joining in with.
For a user by themselves, and even with a […]

Business means professionalism

I advertised for a webmastering service at DigitalPoint tonight.
Someone responded to offer their services.
The problem is, I’d already offered this same person similar work recently, but they had simply walked away from the project without telling me.
That small act of unprofessionalism just lost them a longer term contract.
We all forget things and overlook things, but […]

Frustrations of finding tracking solutions

It’s really becoming a looming concern that where commerce sites have any kind of marketing campaign - whether PPC, SEO, or other forms of advertising, individually, or in concert - then some form of statistical tracking is required to determine your costs against profits - Return on Investment (ROI).
However, actually selecting a useful tracking solution […]