The future of Brown Cafe

[oldngray]

Modding is difficult. I have always tried to be unbiased as possible whether I like a member or not. A person's view is always fine with me, I want to hear different sides of a story to be able to form a valid opinion on my own. It's the insults and behavior of members that get them thrown in the moderation queue line. Some people learn right away and some don't, I don't even remember why some are in there in the first place.

Worst part of modding is having to deal with the trolls

 

[BadIdeaGuy]

Just for the XenForo software it goes from $60-$250 a month and I believe it's upwards of $300+ a year for server space to run a forum. Now there are free forum software out there I'm sure but this is not.

XenForo only costs monthly for a hosted license. Which, even if that is what the site currently uses, will not be what it uses post acquisition. A one off license may be purchased very reasonably.

Hosting can be far cheaper than 300 a year, or far more expensive. The one upside to less traffic is that less powerful servers are needed.

I would probably consider switching us over to an open source forum software in future, but for now as is, it wouldn’t be super expensive to keep things running as is.

 

[BadIdeaGuy]

Very true. You can’t be paying an IT guy to run the site. Then you would be losing money. You need a lot of time and some skills.

This is the situation in a nutshell.

We will be without an IT guy, and that will make us far more self sustainable.

 

[over9five]

It would be like Thunder Dome. 2 men enter, one man leaves.

We don't need another hero.

 

[MyTripisCut]

This is the situation in a nutshell.

We will be without an IT guy, and that will make us far more self sustainable.

So let’s do this. I’m serious. If you can run this thing, preserve the history, PM me a number. I’m either in or will rip your eyebrows off.

 

[MyTripisCut]

We don't need another hero.

Tina was still pretty hawt even at fifty something.

 

[BrownFlush]

Very true. You can’t be paying an IT guy to run the site. Then you would be losing money. You need a lot of time and some skills.

Well, shucks.
I've got all kinds of time , but no skills. Sorry.

 

[BadIdeaGuy]

So let’s do this. I’m serious. If you can run this thing, preserve the history, PM me a number. I’m either in or will rip your eyebrows off.

It’s a nice offer. I’ve got a million problems but money isn’t one.

As soon as you have multiple people involved, you end up with multiple possible points of failure.

I’m not interested in trying to focus on turning a profit here. I just want to keep the lights on.

 

[MyTripisCut]

It’s a nice offer. I’ve got a million problems but money isn’t one.

As soon as you have multiple people involved, you end up with multiple possible points of failure.

I’m not interested in trying to focus on turning a profit here. I just want to keep the lights on.

Same. If you need a silent monetary partner let me know. If not, say goodbye to your eyebrows.

 

[Shift Inhibit]

He's not the only one...

@quad decade guy ??

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

@quad decade guy ??

Let's bring him back and close 5hus place down that's a fantastic idea

 

[Shift Inhibit]

Let's bring him back and close 5hus place down that's a fantastic idea

If BC goes under , I will be filing for STD or Flma.. can’t handle this

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

If BC goes under , I will be filing for STD or Flma.. can’t handle this

I didn't have cable TV but I survived

 

[Shift Inhibit]

I didn't have cable TV but I survived

Yea but you are from the hard times where men were men.. nowadays if I lose internet connection for more than 10 min , someone is dying

 

[UnionStrong]

I didn't have cable TV but I survived

It’ll be tough. Where else will we find so many like minded miscreants

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Yea but you are from the hard times where men were men.. nowadays if I lose internet connection for more than 10 min , someone is dying

My wife just gave me the best answer ever.

I told her I started a threat if somebody wanted to donate money to keep this place going.
And yes we have a lot of people it said yes but lots of people said no but apparently they still want to post on here anyways.

My wife says I will give you 50 bucks so you can donate it to the Brown Cafe to keep it going.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

It’ll be tough. Where else will we find so many like minded miscreants

Walmart?

 

[Johney]

XenForo only costs monthly for a hosted license. Which, even if that is what the site currently uses, will not be what it uses post acquisition. A one off license may be purchased very reasonably.

Hosting can be far cheaper than 300 a year, or far more expensive. The one upside to less traffic is that less powerful servers are needed.

I would probably consider switching us over to an open source forum software in future, but for now as is, it wouldn’t be super expensive to keep things running as is.

This site definitely uses XenForo just not sure if is a hosted license if that's what you mean.

 

[MyTripisCut]

My wife just gave me the best answer ever.

I told her I started a threat if somebody wanted to donate money to keep this place going.
And yes we have a lot of people it said yes but lots of people said no but apparently they still want to post on here anyways.

My wife says I will give you 50 bucks so you can donate it to the Brown Cafe to keep it going.

You shouldn’t threaten people online….

 

[BadIdeaGuy]

This site definitely uses XenForo just not sure if is a hosted license if that's what you mean.

It’s an important distinction. XenForo self hosted gives you a software library to put onto your own server.

The much more expensive hosted licenses also give you the server hosting. A package deal, albeit one with a massively outrageous markup.