Post by francyavril on Oct 14, 2015 3:36:19 GMT
Hey guys,
I finally talked to Sharifa and i'm afraid to say that the current situation of Bandaids it's not gonna change. What was supposed to be an update to the old forum by one of the old staff members, turned out to be a nightmare. The update of V-Bulletin kept failing, taking over one month to ultimate until the failure, and the staff member eventually disappeared saying he didn't have time to do this anymore.
I understand that in an era with social medias being so important, V-Bulletin has lost a significant number of users and that's one of the reasons why they don't invest money anymore into fixing the problems with their system.. it's not worth it!
That being said, I explained to Sharifa the situation of the forum members feeling "betrayed" somehow and wanting to create something. I even offered to create a new website from zero or so. She doesn't have time to do this anymore, plus Bandaids server was costing her THOUSANDS of dollars just to be able not to crash when all the members were online.
Therefore she basically said that we have to focus on social medias more than anything, since getting a new website back will just be a waste of time, money and effort since she apparently tracked Avril doesn't gain new visits/followers from websites anymore (not even from avrillavigne.com)
She's for sure not thinking about giving up on Bandaids even if her involvement is very low cause she has other priorities in life, and she said that we can people can keep this forum running (i would make sure to turn it into the official forum and not a temporary one) if they wanna stay.
Now, my personal comment is: I understand the situation and you guys being upset. I would feel the same and it's not a nice feeling for sure! At the end of the day, we don't have to forget the main reason why we're here today AVRIL.
No one can stop you to move to another forum or website, but that might just be a lot of time wasted and a very low recognition. Avril will always have a close affection for Bandaids since it will always be special to her, and i'm sure that when the time comes she will definitely start giving benefits, meet & greets and stuff to the most dedicated members. That's how it's always been and i PROMISE you guys that i will personally handle the reward situation.
Once again, I understand your feelings and I'm with you in that. I'm not gonna beg you to stay or push you to leave. My suggestion is think about what's the best for you and for Avril, forget about 2nd parties and stuff.
After discussing a while with the staff, looks like almost all the staff members decided to stay and fully understood the situation. We are here for Avril and we want to make sure to support her as much as we can, right?
Our idea/intent for the future is to recreate an active team inside the staff, and to be able to cover both the website and social medias. Perhaps we won't own the website, but we still wanna show Avril our love and dedication.
If you have questions, I'm here
I finally talked to Sharifa and i'm afraid to say that the current situation of Bandaids it's not gonna change. What was supposed to be an update to the old forum by one of the old staff members, turned out to be a nightmare. The update of V-Bulletin kept failing, taking over one month to ultimate until the failure, and the staff member eventually disappeared saying he didn't have time to do this anymore.
I understand that in an era with social medias being so important, V-Bulletin has lost a significant number of users and that's one of the reasons why they don't invest money anymore into fixing the problems with their system.. it's not worth it!
That being said, I explained to Sharifa the situation of the forum members feeling "betrayed" somehow and wanting to create something. I even offered to create a new website from zero or so. She doesn't have time to do this anymore, plus Bandaids server was costing her THOUSANDS of dollars just to be able not to crash when all the members were online.
Therefore she basically said that we have to focus on social medias more than anything, since getting a new website back will just be a waste of time, money and effort since she apparently tracked Avril doesn't gain new visits/followers from websites anymore (not even from avrillavigne.com)
She's for sure not thinking about giving up on Bandaids even if her involvement is very low cause she has other priorities in life, and she said that we can people can keep this forum running (i would make sure to turn it into the official forum and not a temporary one) if they wanna stay.
Now, my personal comment is: I understand the situation and you guys being upset. I would feel the same and it's not a nice feeling for sure! At the end of the day, we don't have to forget the main reason why we're here today AVRIL.
No one can stop you to move to another forum or website, but that might just be a lot of time wasted and a very low recognition. Avril will always have a close affection for Bandaids since it will always be special to her, and i'm sure that when the time comes she will definitely start giving benefits, meet & greets and stuff to the most dedicated members. That's how it's always been and i PROMISE you guys that i will personally handle the reward situation.
Once again, I understand your feelings and I'm with you in that. I'm not gonna beg you to stay or push you to leave. My suggestion is think about what's the best for you and for Avril, forget about 2nd parties and stuff.
After discussing a while with the staff, looks like almost all the staff members decided to stay and fully understood the situation. We are here for Avril and we want to make sure to support her as much as we can, right?
Our idea/intent for the future is to recreate an active team inside the staff, and to be able to cover both the website and social medias. Perhaps we won't own the website, but we still wanna show Avril our love and dedication.
If you have questions, I'm here