Recent content by ActorMike

Below is a screen grab of a banned user on one of my forums. I'm not a fan of disclosing who is banned. Serves no real purpose other than to create drama. IMHO. Years ago, I added custom CSS to remove the strikethrough .username--banned { text-decoration: none; } Also, our basic users...

It's a theme that can be purchased from Themehouse call Abyss. I used it on this forum- https://forums.tycous1trucking.com/

What's weird is how one of the founders of this Canadian based company has been in the Grand Cayman Islands for years, while the company self-destructs. I'm not weird or a stalker, like you I've been involved in this space since the early days, before VS even existed. I come from a long line of...

I noticed the agents sent DMs so they were probably going to scam. I deleted all direct messages they started but here is an example. The AI still seems fake to me, but as you see, the dummy responded. LOL No not available The site is 24 years old, no legit traffic ever from China or Africa...

This SpaceX IP came back to Yangon, Myanmar. We have no reason to have them on our server anyway, so they are blocked. This year, I have been aggressively firewall blocking overseas sources of spam, along with Wordpress attacks. It's been interesting to observe where it comes from! 1and1 aka...

I'm more interested that the AI Agents came from SpaceX IP addresses since Elon Musk has Grok 4 and a big player in AI.. Had three different agents register and used two different IP addresses that belong to SpaceX. Here was the reply they made to a post. What is the end game or motivation...

Google AI is using forum content to help answer questions and has the Tab too.

It links to the website.

For me, nothing noticeable as seen in organic traffic report below from our oldest forum. In addition to that, started a brand-new slot car related forum back in 2023 and it dominates Google. With that said, I also had multiple viral videos on FB Reels for the Slot car site, something that...

Our forum is doing just fine, even index in Gemini! Record fees from Ebay, Amazon, Adwords. Tons of new members registration. It's from poor management, founder taking off for the Grand Cayman Islands years ago (according to his LinkedIn) etc. They hired some guy a couple years ago Joe...

Our forum is doing amazing, in fact, we are now showing up in Gemini AI when people ask questions.

Founder pouring money back in. https://xenforo.com/community/threads/verticalscope-inc-headed-toward-bankruptcy.214332/post-1750008