Live Chat...question from a member

[garyspk]

Originally Posted by Dingan

Why is it that every time I log in to the Live Chat nobody else is there? Have we all lost interest in this great site? I have even tried chatting late at night and in the morning, thinking that some European or African spankers might be listening. No luck. What is the matter?

Dingan,

Good to hear from you.

There are about 3 answers to your question.

1 is people got tired of the same folks being in the regularly scheduled chats when we did them once a week. 2 or 3 perv guys would always show up and run off everyone else. Frankly, I just got tired of running them off and a lot of those guys just would not abide by general good taste, no matter how much I scolded and warned them. I also got tired of guys posing as women and women posing as someone they were not. All of that stirred up drama that I, nor other regular chat particpants, wanted to deal with any longer.

Having said all of that though, I'd be totally up for trying a regular chat again if folks here think it's a good idea. We could try maybe once a month to start with? Thoughts? I personally do not have the time to co-ordinate it, but I'd be happy to take a volunteer to do so.

2 is the forum got hit by a major spambot (which to this day, I still have to fight off) about 2 years ago. That alienated some folks. It took quite awhile to get that spam off the main boards.

3 is I found unless I personally really hammer the traffic to a live chat, folks just don't show up. I've been extremely busy with matters in my personal life the past 18 months or so and just have not had the time to give to this site, or AmateurSpankings for that matter. We are still working on a major facelift to AmateurSpankings. But this forum has taken a back seat, unfortunately.

It got to be frustrating for me to have to be the person who drove things here. We had many very active members for a couple of years. But unless I spent time with it, things slowed down. I wish that were not the case. But it was/is.

The good news is there are still a LOT of folks either surfing by here or logging in every single day. If members have any suggestions, certainly send them my way and we'll consider.

Also, I just think things evolve sometimes. Fetlife seems to be the latest hot spot to go to. That fad could end too. Who knows? But know that MySpankingForum, your old familiar friend, will still be here with arms open.