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Unread February 11th, 2010, 06:01 PM
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Unread February 11th, 2010, 07:30 PM
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I know a lot of people have left the site and there are very few who post now. Still I wish to keep it up and running, maybe change it to I hated BBI when they were open.
Anyway sure would be sad to see it go.
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Unread February 11th, 2010, 07:39 PM
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this site has been a part of my life for a few years now. i have some amazing people here. i'd like to think that i have learned something and have helped along the way.

I can't imagine how much of a pain it is to run this site, monetarily and time wise. Like zoo said, i would hate to see it go. what could we do to help?
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Unread February 11th, 2010, 08:12 PM
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I dont post much, but ever since I found this site years ago ive been an almost daily visitor and reading the stuff on here has really helped me through working at BBV..ive received advice that helped me be better at my job, and at the same time ive had a place to vent, so im with you guys this site should def. stay running!
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Unread February 11th, 2010, 11:13 PM
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If it's a money issue, the yuku network is pretty darn good for a free service. I don't think the existing board could be moved there but starting over might be preferable to permanently closing.
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Unread February 12th, 2010, 04:30 AM
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This site is the only reason I don't get blindsided by idiocy whenever I go in for a shift.
Is it better when you know the idiocy is coming? Hmm. You could argue that point. But as it turns out, this site is one of the most valuable assets a BB employee can use (not to mention a great outlet to vent - which we need).
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Unread February 12th, 2010, 08:38 AM
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Chris, I'm really interesting in your take on this site.

You started it out of frustration with Blockbuster. Now they are on the ropes with no hope of survival. Rarely a frustrated customer will come on here and vent, so it is more a social network for employees. Are you ok with that?

Personally, I came on here to get some inside information (thank you), but have grown to like many of the peeps.
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Unread February 12th, 2010, 08:57 AM
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Well of course I am ok with the site turning into what it did, if I wasn't I would have shut it down years ago, since that is when it was at it's peak of being a employee board, more than a IHBB site.

I am tired of running and keeping an eye on a bulletin board style site. When it was a positive cash flow thing, I was ok with keeping it running, since it paid for the server I run this site on (along with a couple other MUCH smaller sites, this site accounts for 95% of the space and traffic on my server) but since it doesn't generate anything close to a breakeven, I am not sure it's worth my time anymore approving posts and members since I feel like BB is pretty much dead anyways and I am paying for the server myself anyways...This is far from a done deal, but I wanted to stop registrations and donations since I don't want people paying into something that I may kill this year.
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Unread February 12th, 2010, 09:12 AM
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Wow, sure would hate to see the site shut down,
Hey Chris , how much money do you need to keep it going?
I volunteer to administrate the site.
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Unread February 12th, 2010, 09:29 AM
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Chris,

a couple of ideas:

sell the site

tranform it into more of a wide open forum for people with complaints for employees, customers and employers, get a new url, and have the IHBB site link to it
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