The getting off topic here on XenForo is the most frustrating ever, there can never be a serious discussion can there?
Okay, seriously,
CLOSE YOUR FORUM YOU DAMN CRYBABY - you're not cut out to be an admin, you suck at it. Really, don't waste any more of your precious time on a site that nobody likes anyway, with a crap design and a few lame threads.
I COULD DO BETTER IN MY SLEEP YOU MORON!!!!
Even better - go to
another site (XF) full of
other forum admins and cry about how crap people have treated you, and then ... wait for it ... have a go at anyone there who doesn't show you support or give you a cuddle, or say how great you and your site is!!!! WHAT??!!!!
HTFU for Christs sake!!! You're not a child any more!!!!
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So, how did all of the above make you feel? (
I could have made it much worse, but value my user account here ... and ... it was for illustration purposes)
Hurt? Upset? Want to throw in the towel? Feel like it's not worth it for people who don't appreciate you, or what you do, or all of the hours you put into your site
for other people?
You've had a taste of what being a site owner can sometimes be; dealing will all manner of people on the internet, good and bad.
Some, like a good many of the members here and on your own site, will be supportive, give you advice, back you up, and generally help you out and make the job of running a site worthwhile.
Others, unfortunately, are just the opposite and will do and say all manner of things to try and put you down.
Saying a few things about you, whilst being hurtful and making you feel like it's not worth carrying on with your site, is not the worst of it by any means.
Have you ever had your site hacked? Ever had hateful things posted on your forums and continuous registrations by a large group of people from another forum trying to deliberately trash your site and steal your members? Have you had people post lies about you and the way you manage your site? Have you ever had anyone posting hundreds of links to child pornography on
your site?
What most people here are telling you is that it is part and parcel of running a site.
Try to please your members - this makes them feel like a part of the site and like their opinions are valued - but don't try to please all of them, because you will never do it.
Lock the accounts of the idiots that have been taunting you so they can't access the site any more, and then forget about them. Leave them to it. Don't reply or respond and put your energies back into making your own forums better and better. Focus on those who are staying and enjoying using the site, and leave the rest of them to it.
Oh, and on a constructive note - do you really, honestly, think that the Peachy theme is appropriate for a professional Admin's forum that you want everyone to take seriously?
Cheers,
Shaun