I AM FED-UP WITH SPAM
(The following outburst is reprinted from a post at Cre8asiteforums by permission of myself because every once in a while it feels really damned good to let it all out.) In the beginning there was only a gray background. We borrowed (stole) everyone’s HTML so we could learn how to make our own web sites. We lied about our real identities. We were shy in those days. Even our spam was wimpy. Immature. Testing Internet waters. Spammers started with simple spam emails that were so few and...
Read MoreTwo New Mods, Two New Logos, A New Blog
and a baby’s arm holding an apple. This is how I spent my Saturday. My Happy Assimilation Into Cre8asite Forums – New moderator, Donna Fontenot. Thrilled to Become a Moderator at Cre8asite Forums! – New moderator, Miriam Ellis. Cre8tive Flow – Redesigned Blog by Joe Dolson and Elizabeth Ablereach New Cre8asiteforums logo is up. It was designed for us by Risa Borsykowsky, who also redesigned the Cre8pc logo. We retired Mr. Peabody, our blog mascot. Meet the new Blog...
Read MoreIntroducing NonProfits on the Web and Cre8tive Tomorrow Forums
I began to question where forums fit into the present day socially oriented Internet picture in November when I wrote Where Do Forums Fit on a Social Network Driven Internet? The consensus was that forums are still wanted, needed and could still serve. For me, personally, to keep at it for what is now my 12th year as a moderator (10 years with my club/forum, plus 2 years moderating email list discussions before that), I needed to find ways to keep me interested and decided I was likely not...
Read MoreMarketing Inspiration for Nonprofits
I was young the day John F. Kennedy was killed but I knew the world had changed. I remember my college house mates and I huddled in shock the day John Lennon was shot and killed. Maybe it was the influence of those two tragic events because on the very day I first saw the Internet I thought to myself, “This can help create peace (cre8pc).” Next year Cre8asiteforums will be 10 years old for me. For most everyone else, it’s younger. But for me, it’s 10 because I launched...
Read MoreCre8asiteforums: What We’ll Cre8 in 2008
Last Friday I hinted at change and today I’ll hint more. I feel like I’m reading a book, the characters are all deeply involved in the action and I can’t wait to see how they resolve everything. Today, I’ll put to rest the rumors about Cre8asiteforums. I die, see Dumblefore, who only pretended to die in the last book, and we magically both come back to life just in time to save the world from the devastation created by social media sites and Google. It Takes a Village...
Read MoreAre Web Design and SEO Forums a Thing of the Past?
First there was “chat”. I typed in a subject I was interested in and AOL took me to a virtual room where people were talking about it. I shyly disguised my name and joined in the discussion. Before long, my screeching modem was a regular household sound. The year was 1995. I was a newly divorced mom and did I EVER chat with some fascinating dudes, lemme tell ya. I inhaled those people I met. They argued. They had ideas. Some were naughty, some weren’t used to the sudden...
Read MoreThe Life of a Forums Owner
Every once in awhile someone will come to Cre8asiteforums to ask how to start or market their own forums. I always have two thoughts. Firstly, why are they selling their forums in ours? That’s tacky. Secondly, do they have any idea what they’re getting themselves into? While technically I own Cre8asiteforums, true “ownership” belongs to the entire community. This is what I’m most comfortable with. It’s also difficult to manage that way for a variety of...
Read MoreFree Software Testing and Beta Testers Wanted
One of the new things we launched last year at Cre8asiteforums was the idea that in addition to free website reviews from the public in our Website Hospital, we would also offer free software testing for Internet applications in BETA or after launch. The debut test application is called Ask3, a little survey application that sits inside a web page. It packs a wallop of a back-end, despite its innocent front-end. Designed to ask three questions, no more, at a time, in a rotating, random basis,...
Read MoreThe First Scholarship Winners Chosen for Cre8asiteForums Educational Fund
Soon after learning they were chosen by Cre8asiteforums to offer a scholarship fund for their college, The Search Engine College doubled our offer by creating a second scholarship for the same amount of money. This allowed two members of Cre8asiteforum members (not a requirement for the scholarship. That’s up to the facility to choose), to be notified today that they were chosen to participate. Kalena Jordan announces the first winner in Cre8asiteforums Educational Scholarship Fund...
Read MoreCre8asiteforums Educational Scholarship Fund Winners
During the year of 2006, we accepted advertisements at the forums for the first time. While some funds are needed for maintenance, it was my hope to find a way to put the majority of earnings back into the industries we serve at Cre8asiteforums. We don’t earn a lot, but what we did gather, we wished to share. To that end, I did some research and chose seven educational facilities or opportunities, for which four could be chosen by Cre8asiteforums members who wanted to participate in the...
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