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Post by francyavril on Sept 26, 2015 3:30:43 GMT
why dont we just get in touch with Avril about this situation? I think that she also wouldnt want to see her biggest fan-site to be crushed with this situation. Francy also can message this thread on twitter to Avril. I know you guys probably think like "what can Avril do with this situation?". But at least she can talk with Sharifa about it and after Avril's involvement, i think they will probably show us a new path. I really dont think its that easy to just contact Avril like shes in everyones number list. Besides she is still getting over Lyme Disease and wouldnt want to bother her with such things. I think there's no point on involving Avril into the situation. If/when the website is fully back and updated, we can eventually message Avril and let her know Bandaids is back and new
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Post by Blackarachnia on Sept 26, 2015 4:00:12 GMT
Fuck them, let Bandaids die. It has been a year since it was shut down, and longer since that virus came along. They don't care. We should create a new fansite that can become #1... we should create a thread to discuss names. Is anybody here capable of opening/operating/running a small site? That way Avril still has the ability to connect with her fans
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Post by sk8erboi1000 on Sept 26, 2015 5:30:18 GMT
Fuck them, let Bandaids die. It has been a year since it was shut down, and longer since that virus came along. They don't care. We should create a new fansite that can become #1... we should create a thread to discuss names. Is anybody here capable of opening/operating/running a small site? That way Avril still has the ability to connect with her fans That would suck if bandaids die i can see why people would be upset. i mean you been patient enough. Were the best fans in the world and im sure we can figure out how to communicate if we keep sticking together!!!
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Post by goodbye on Sept 26, 2015 6:59:39 GMT
That's sad but we could do a whole new site
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Post by Monet ♥ on Sept 26, 2015 9:22:19 GMT
Man .. I'm gone for two days and this is what happens. I feel the same way as marliz. I don't want to continue on this website anymore unless the name is changed. It's just not fair that we continue running this site after they have ditched us. So I'm disappointed how this situation got handled... In a way, I'm not even surprised that it came down to this. However, I understand why Sharifa won't hand over the rights since it's her baby and her project. Instead of remaining silent she should've just told us in the very beginning that she is not interested anymore and that she will shut it down. It's us, the community, who is Bandaids and not the website itself. So starting with a new name won't shrink the community since we already have all our core members in one place. The bigger problem is Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. where Bandaids has a huge amount of followers. We'll lose those because I doubt they'd let us run the Bandaids Facebook account, etc. And I doubt any of our staff members is willing to keep running them. Just my two cents.
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Post by Amanda on Sept 26, 2015 14:27:38 GMT
Man .. I'm gone for two days and this is what happens. I feel the same way as marliz. I don't want to continue on this website anymore unless the name is changed. It's just not fair that we continue running this site after they have ditched us. So I'm disappointed how this situation got handled... In a way, I'm not even surprised that it came down to this. However, I understand why Sharifa won't hand over the rights since it's her baby and her project. Instead of remaining silent she should've just told us in the very beginning that she is not interested anymore and that she will shut it down. It's us, the community, who is Bandaids and not the website itself. So starting with a new name won't shrink the community since we already have all our core members in one place. The bigger problem is Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. where Bandaids has a huge amount of followers. We'll lose those because I doubt they'd let us run the Bandaids Facebook account, etc. And I doubt any of our staff members is willing to keep running them. Just my two cents. But thing is also that bandaids will always be like special to avril and it would be sad to let it go. If sharifa would hand over the rights to for example Francesca, are you guys still not up for continuing bandaids?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2015 14:35:12 GMT
Isn't Avril Bandaids 11 years old? Although I'm not an original member, I do agree with Amanda...
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Post by BogoGog24 on Sept 26, 2015 14:42:33 GMT
Man .. I'm gone for two days and this is what happens. I feel the same way as marliz. I don't want to continue on this website anymore unless the name is changed. It's just not fair that we continue running this site after they have ditched us. So I'm disappointed how this situation got handled... In a way, I'm not even surprised that it came down to this. However, I understand why Sharifa won't hand over the rights since it's her baby and her project. Instead of remaining silent she should've just told us in the very beginning that she is not interested anymore and that she will shut it down. It's us, the community, who is Bandaids and not the website itself. So starting with a new name won't shrink the community since we already have all our core members in one place. The bigger problem is Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. where Bandaids has a huge amount of followers. We'll lose those because I doubt they'd let us run the Bandaids Facebook account, etc. And I doubt any of our staff members is willing to keep running them. Just my two cents. Man .. I'm gone for two days and this is what happens. I feel the same way as marliz. I don't want to continue on this website anymore unless the name is changed. It's just not fair that we continue running this site after they have ditched us. So I'm disappointed how this situation got handled... In a way, I'm not even surprised that it came down to this. However, I understand why Sharifa won't hand over the rights since it's her baby and her project. Instead of remaining silent she should've just told us in the very beginning that she is not interested anymore and that she will shut it down. It's us, the community, who is Bandaids and not the website itself. So starting with a new name won't shrink the community since we already have all our core members in one place. The bigger problem is Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. where Bandaids has a huge amount of followers. We'll lose those because I doubt they'd let us run the Bandaids Facebook account, etc. And I doubt any of our staff members is willing to keep running them. Just my two cents. I agree with you about the social media accounts, that if we possibly won't use the BA name any longer, that we wouldn't be allowed to continue running those accounts. But we could simply either change the names of the accounts or if we have to make new ones, just write a post on the account that says we'll be making a new one and link it to the new account. But thing is also that bandaids will always be like special to avril and it would be sad to let it go. If sharifa would hand over the rights to for example Francesca, are you guys still not up for continuing bandaids? If Sharifa hands over the rights to someone else who would be active and care about the site, I would be willing to continue with BA. But if she doesn't want to hand over the rights, then I think we would be better off changing the name. And like Francy mentioned, if we do change the name or anything else about the site, we can let Avril know and she'll still be able to connect with us.
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Post by Amanda on Sept 26, 2015 15:13:48 GMT
I guess the most difficult part is to get Sharifa tohand over the rights.
And the thing is also that there's a facebook and twitter with many likers and followers, with a great impact and that can support Avril a lot in campaigns etc. Like from two years i'm the only one updating the Facebook, and on twitter I'm together with Francy and some of the BandaidsIT girls. It leaves me in a tricky situation, because if theres no more bandaids obviously sharifa wont want me on thoose sites. But at the same time thoose pages are very good to support Avril and to reach out to the fans and spread knowledge about what the fanbase is up to, Thats' why continuing bandaids would be the best solution - but only possible if she hands over the ownership.
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Post by greeneyedsoul on Sept 26, 2015 15:19:20 GMT
Yeah, losing the social media sites would also be a big loss. Bandaids is one of the most liked fan sites at all, let alone that it's the most liked Avril fan site. I hope that Francy can make something with her upcoming talk with Sharifa. Go girl.
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Post by Monet ♥ on Sept 26, 2015 15:37:48 GMT
Man .. I'm gone for two days and this is what happens. I feel the same way as marliz. I don't want to continue on this website anymore unless the name is changed. It's just not fair that we continue running this site after they have ditched us. So I'm disappointed how this situation got handled... In a way, I'm not even surprised that it came down to this. However, I understand why Sharifa won't hand over the rights since it's her baby and her project. Instead of remaining silent she should've just told us in the very beginning that she is not interested anymore and that she will shut it down. It's us, the community, who is Bandaids and not the website itself. So starting with a new name won't shrink the community since we already have all our core members in one place. The bigger problem is Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. where Bandaids has a huge amount of followers. We'll lose those because I doubt they'd let us run the Bandaids Facebook account, etc. And I doubt any of our staff members is willing to keep running them. Just my two cents. But thing is also that bandaids will always be like special to avril and it would be sad to let it go. If sharifa would hand over the rights to for example Francesca, are you guys still not up for continuing bandaids? Sure, I'd continue. Don't worry. <3
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Post by BogoGog24 on Sept 26, 2015 16:03:25 GMT
I guess the most difficult part is to get Sharifa tohand over the rights. And the thing is also that there's a facebook and twitter with many likers and followers, with a great impact and that can support Avril a lot in campaigns etc. Like from two years i'm the only one updating the Facebook, and on twitter I'm together with Francy and some of the BandaidsIT girls. It leaves me in a tricky situation, because if theres no more bandaids obviously sharifa wont want me on thoose sites. But at the same time thoose pages are very good to support Avril and to reach out to the fans and spread knowledge about what the fanbase is up to, Thats' why continuing bandaids would be the best solution - but only possible if she hands over the ownership. But I don't see why, if we had to change the name, we couldn't just change the name of the existing account.
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Post by Amanda on Sept 26, 2015 16:15:28 GMT
I guess the most difficult part is to get Sharifa tohand over the rights. And the thing is also that there's a facebook and twitter with many likers and followers, with a great impact and that can support Avril a lot in campaigns etc. Like from two years i'm the only one updating the Facebook, and on twitter I'm together with Francy and some of the BandaidsIT girls. It leaves me in a tricky situation, because if theres no more bandaids obviously sharifa wont want me on thoose sites. But at the same time thoose pages are very good to support Avril and to reach out to the fans and spread knowledge about what the fanbase is up to, Thats' why continuing bandaids would be the best solution - but only possible if she hands over the ownership. But I don't see why, if we had to change the name, we couldn't just change the name of the existing account. I don't think that would be possible, it would be super confusing for avril if one of her biggest fansites changed names, aswell as we would need sharifas permission ,and again, if she doesnt let us have bandaids then she would never let us change the name. So basically if this site were to be brand new, we will not have any connection with avril through the new site as there's no way sharifa would help the new site, if she said no about giving us bandaids. So i'm just hoping she agrees to giving Bandaids to francy or someone.
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Post by Dillon on Sept 26, 2015 16:56:33 GMT
Isn't Avril Bandaids 11 years old? Although I'm not an original member, I do agree with Amanda... Bandaids started as a yahoo group in 2003.
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Post by Dillon on Sept 26, 2015 17:15:20 GMT
Maybe it's not the best case scenario, but it would be great if Sharifa actually gained back interest in Bandaids and put marginal effort into it again. I say that it might not be the best scenario because she has faded away and left everyone else in the cold for the last two years and it would be a little crappy for her to suddenly want to control everything once again after we've all basically kept Bandaids alive in her absence.
But in the case that Sharifa wouldn't hand over the rights or Bandaids name, the next best thing to hope for would be for Sharifa to put effort into Bandaids again. First and foremost, I think all of us would like to keep the site as Bandaids, be able to progress forward with the Bandaids, and possibly have the old site be resurrected. So either Sharifa handing over the rights or coming back as an active contributor would both be the best options.
I realize that the current staff, who have been putting in the effort since the main administrators have been scarce, are tired of being pushed around and would appreciate a little more control (which would happen by Sharifa handing over the BA rights or by starting a new brand for ourselves). But in the grand scheme, if we want to keep BA alive with its name intact whether here or on the other site, Sharifa becoming an active member again is something that should be realized as a possibility and be thought about.
Correlating to the recent past, it seems unlikely that Sharifa will put in effort again, but it is still a possibility. It's a small possibility, but it's a possibility that no one has really brought up and discussed much.
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