so who is this D/F who goes by kosakowskiperry?

I haven't been victimized but I know it's a PITA!

By the way, if you want to earn $5-8K a week, just sitting on your ass at home all day, pm me! 

Thanks Blake!  I always wanted that option.

Did you use the "Report Abuse" option? Wondered how it worked....

Happy to say I haven't seen any of this. Not sure why because I read a bunch of different threads on this forum.

RRP said:

I normally avoid these a**holes who spam me but surely I'm not the only one who has been piled on by this jerk.

Why aren't twits like him banned from this forum? 

HEY MODS>>>ANYBODY listening? and watching what this dim wit is doing to regulars on your forum?

Hello - HELLO MODS! ANY BODY out there???

Ron.
I don't know if it's ever been considered or even if there would be any interest in forming a new forum. A forum that is financially supported by the members through yearly dues.
The dues would be used to pay for the hosting. I'm not looking for any admin type roll. That would be for the guys around here that been around a long time.
I'm a firm believer that stepping up and financially supporting something you that you enjoy fosters good community.
I bet that a couple of dollars a month would provide a world class forum with all the modern features everyone would enjoy.

Again, I have no interest in admin responsibilities. That's reserved for the longtime members.


 




 

GregW said:

RRP said:

I normally avoid these a**holes who spam me but surely I'm not the only one who has been piled on by this jerk.

Why aren't twits like him banned from this forum? 

HEY MODS>>>ANYBODY listening? and watching what this dim wit is doing to regulars on your forum?

Hello - HELLO MODS! ANY BODY out there???

Ron.
I don't know if it's ever been considered or even if there would be any interest in forming a new forum. A forum that is financially supported by the members through yearly dues.
The dues would be used to pay for the hosting. I'm not looking for any admin type roll. That would be for the guys around here that been around a long time.
I'm a firm believer that stepping up and financially supporting something you that you enjoy fosters good community.
I bet that a couple of dollars a month would provide a world class forum with all the modern features everyone would enjoy.

Again, I have no interest in admin responsibilities. That's reserved for the longtime members.


 




 

I have some technical ability and would be willing to help set something like that up using a different message board software than the one used here. See here and here for examples of sites I belong to which (I believe) are supported by a combo of advertising and member subscription fees. I know the folks who set up the first board and can talk to them to find out how they did it.

I will pitch in the first $250 to get a better one off the ground.

RRP said:

GregW said:

RRP said:

I normally avoid these a**holes who spam me but surely I'm not the only one who has been piled on by this jerk.

Why aren't twits like him banned from this forum? 

HEY MODS>>>ANYBODY listening? and watching what this dim wit is doing to regulars on your forum?

Hello - HELLO MODS! ANY BODY out there???

Ron.
I don't know if it's ever been considered or even if there would be any interest in forming a new forum. 


 




 

Guess you've never heard of  greeneggers dot com. That was and still is the 20+ year old forum before BGE finally set this one up. It is still active.

What's the deal with it? Is it a good forum? I see it appears to be member supported.

Grillin_beers said:

Respectfully,  I don't think that spamming has become such a large problem that we need to start a new website. Just my two cents. 

It's not the spam that bothers me. I haven't received any.
What I would like is someone with admin responsibilities to acknowledge the page serving issues we are experiencing. And for them to let people know that the issue is being worked on.
  

lousubcap said:

This forum (with it's pro's and con's) is the one supported?? by BGE corporate.  I don't think corporate truly appreciates the value of this forum in the marketing and sale of BGE's.  Any dealer who is knowledgable about BGE's would readily steer potential owners here for a look at the "free on-line support" they can have.

I know that I'm new here and don't have much background on the dynamics and culture of this group, but this is the crux of the issue I frequently see on corporate-owned boards - they (usually unintentionally) build something of value and then watch it wither away for various reasons. Ford has a different (but similar) problem with its forum for owners of their Sync product. The forum was a decent place until they decided to overmoderate it and require that every post be screened before posting. Screening takes a few days making any meaningful discussions very difficult to have. And anything negative or critical of Ford or the product is censored, so most people don't bother with the forums even though they are staffed by Ford employees who do provide useful assistance at times. 

BGE is missing the value of the community it created here by not acknowledging the technical issues and not having meaningful moderation. I'm sure some folks here would volunteer to be moderators if BGE would allow them to be.

Just my $0.02 as a NEO looking at the forum with fresh unbiased eyes.

Last summer someone tried to create a social networking site for bge owners.  I think he called it the nest.  People around here got pretty upset about it at some point because it was all he ever talking about it.  If you build another forum I'll check it out.  I honestly doubt I'd pay $5-6 dollars a month for the ability to post pics of my cooks.... 

I agreeLegume said:

One member split off last year to start a new forum, I think maybe 50-100 people set up over there but are probably on both to be honest.  I think lots of people belong to multiple or at least visit multiple.  Personally, the tech challengea are just minor annoyance to me.  Belonging to multiple would be more annoying to me.

I agree, we need to stay together and have one forum.
It's just a shame to have the technical issues we are experiencing.

If I understand correctly, this is the officially Big Green Egg factory sanctioned forum. If this is true, has anyone contacted anyone at BGE about the forum issues?

If the two there would have made the upgrades requested by BGE, their funding wouldn't have been pulled and this site wouldn't have been formed. Brenda's son had not been involved there in a while and there is just one person running the board. There are still a few good folks left there but the traffic is 1/10 what it runs here (maybe less)