RE: Can't add @Unassigned category

Hi, Simon

Thanks for caring.
The Yahoo forum had only 3500 users (about 300 active users), which is only a
part of the IMatch user base. Do not make the mistake to judge what users want
or not want from the user forum on Yahoo alone. Most users don't even bother to
read or post messages in such a forum. They write me directly, or talk to me in
person when we meet.

I sometimes sit here and wonder why some users make so much fuss about
photools.com moving it's forums from an advertisement-infected Yahoo to one of
our own servers, in a controlled environment. With much better performance and a
working search function. Buddy lists. Favorite topics. Real threads. Good visual
presentation even for long terms. The ability to create different forums within
a single boards. Or, if needed, I can even create new boards for other
applications, systems or user groups. All this is now possible and was not with
Yahoo.

This was a move I made. I always think about such things for a while, believe
me. It took me months to find a forum software, to buy, implement, customize and
test it. Now we have a shiny new forum, with excellent searching, a good visual
presentation and world-wide accessibility without the need to give away personal
information to Yahoo. No advertisements either, no SPAM so far. Already 500
users joined in a single week. It tool three years to build up the 3500 users on
Yahoo. 

And, quite interesting, many users join the new forum, and participate, who did
not join the old forum or where just "lurking".

The new forum it also part of a larger strategy that builds around the next
generation of IMatch.

Nobody pays for joining the user forum, for posting or reading messages.
If you have a support case, you can always contact me via one of the official
support emails, and I will answer as usual. You do not need to join the new
forum. It's free. Don't join if you don't like it. Or, wait until the next big
version of UBBThreads comes out. Should be not too far away. Perhaps they add
the ability to send out individual emails. If this is such an important feature
I think they will have it on their list. As soon as the new software is
available I will install it and we'll see what new tricks it has learned.


-- Mario 



 
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