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  1. Shawn Gossman

    Bad Moderators

    I really only ban spammers anymore or someone who is being racist or something horrible like that. I've always hated banning people, aside from spammers and the really bad trolls. I sometimes get warned on forums for posting too much. I think that is bad practice, especially in these times.
  2. Shawn Gossman

    Graffiti is art!

    It's art until it gets put on something natural. I can't stand seeing it on the side of bluffs and rocks on a hiking trail. I'll remove it. I carry stuff to remove it. Paint on the side of a railcar or a underpass bridge, leave nature alone and let it be nature.
  3. Shawn Gossman

    What are your plans for Thanksgiving this year?

    We started doing Christmas breakfast a few years ago, too. I'd rather eat a big breakfast than a dry turkey. That way, we eat and go do something outside somewhere while everyone is waiting to eat their holiday dinner. Of course, we have pies and cakes for later lol
  4. Shawn Gossman

    What do you love/hate about forums?

    I love everything about forums. I dislike large forums with members who think they're above everyone else, who are bullies to newbies, etc. I also dislike spam but spam isn't as bad as it used to be.
  5. Shawn Gossman

    Shoutboxes

    I enabled a shot box once on a previous forum and the forum activity dropped almost completely. Everything was posted on the shout box. I stay away from them now. I'd might consider it as a feature for a premium membership.
  6. Shawn Gossman

    Have you ran a successful forum contest lately?

    I'm considering creating some forum contests for my communities. I've not done them in so long that I'd love to get ideas. What sort of contests have you an in the past on your forums and which were successful? What prizes did you offer?
  7. Shawn Gossman

    Use your real name?

    I'm kind of famous in my local area (Google, Hiking with Shawn) :P
  8. Shawn Gossman

    Introduction Board vs. Introduction Thread

    This might depend on the forum and its community. As I continue to condense my forums to make them more user-friendly and easier to post in (with fewer externally added features and fewer sections), I've come to a point of deciding what to do about introductions. 1. Keep a dedicated board for...
  9. Shawn Gossman

    Use your real name?

    I am :D
  10. Shawn Gossman

    How strict is too strict?

    Stepkid. No biological ones. She is very well-behaved. I'm super proud of her. But she is independent, makes her own choices, and stands up to anything who tries to put her down. That's what I try to teach the most. She's a driver now and even if she isn't my own, it scares the crap out of me...
  11. Shawn Gossman

    Use your real name?

    Yep, I use it. Shawn Gossman :)
  12. Shawn Gossman

    Which embarrassing thing are you most likely to do?

    Trip for sure! I'm the clumsiest person I know. My gf says that I can fall on flat ground lol
  13. Shawn Gossman

    Stripping your forum down to its bare bones.

    I used to be just like that. I've lost forums because of it. Errors that I could never fix. I'd rather avoid it now.
  14. Shawn Gossman

    Nature

    I'm a hiker. I hike several days a week. Hiking and nature saved my life. It changed my life. I live five minutes from nearly 300,000 acres of National Forest land. Life is great :cool:
  15. Shawn Gossman

    How strict is too strict?

    We're kind of strict. We enforce the curfew. We don't accept bad grades. We don't accept bullying. We expect respect. Or grounding is the result. When I was a child, spanking was the form of punishment used. I don't feel like it needs to be used at all anymore, personally. Get them a...
  16. Shawn Gossman

    What are your plans for Thanksgiving this year?

    We are going to do Thanksgiving Breakfast this year. None of us really care for turkey but we all love breakfast. Excited about it! I love a big family breakfast get together :cool:
  17. Shawn Gossman

    Worth splurging on?

    I splurge on GoPro cameras and accessories for them. They're the main cameras for my main brand. I do YouTube and stuff like that. GoPro is what I use for all of that, I've yet to get the newest one but I will soon enough. :)
  18. Shawn Gossman

    Digital Writing Forum

    My newest creation. Name: Digital Writing Forum Link: https://www.digitalwritingforum.com/ Description: A forum for digital writers to discuss digital writing, copywriting, blogging, freelance, and digital authorship. Brand new! Still has that new smell :)
  19. Shawn Gossman

    Stripping your forum down to its bare bones.

    So, what I mean by this is simple: 1. Take away plugins unless they're absolutely necessary 2. Focus 99.9% of your effort on the native forum features I used to install resources, media, and AMS blogs on my XenForo-powered forums. They extended the features. They added to the forum. They...
  20. Shawn Gossman

    How many subforums are too many?

    I think many of us make the mistake of using too many sub-boards. I know I used to be bad at this. Nowadays, I'm trying to minimize them. I've been merging boards as much as possible on my forums. I'm really trying to condense it all down.
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