Post by T_Hornberger on Nov 14, 2007 15:45:44 GMT -5
Just curious....why does everybody feel the need, or want to try and go out and make a website of their own. I know to everybody it may seem to think that "Oh wow, a website of my own that would be awesome." and "I could be the boss of a site, cool"...It's a thing many people think after seeing this site. Now I do not try and sugarcoat things, to make it go down easier, I will say it how it is, if you don't like it, don't read this any more. But here's what I think
Just because this site is successfull doesn't mean yours will be. Many of the sites that will be made, because it seems it would be cool to own one...will most likely fail, or you will actually realize how much effort it takes to run a site, and quit, or give it up to somebody else. A whole lot of people in the beginning realize that you need alot of members for it to work, well getting those members can prove to be a very tough challenge, so is maintaining the site. Also, I can honostly say,besides maybe a couple unique ideas you have of what to do, if you have any, you are going to use ideas from this site and other ones. Also, you will have to write your own articles to help make the site better most likely. You can't just go copy and paste other sites articles either, because I know for sure, if I find a copied article from this site on another site, i'd show it to karen imediately, and that person would have to deal with the bad stuff. I have looked at so many sites that seem like copies of this one, just new, and not quite as good.
Here is my advise....Stay here. This site is already full of members, plenty of articles, and plenty of other cool stuff. If you stay here, and get to know the members here, possibley make a few new friends, or meet cool people, you'll have fun. I am telling you, getting used to a place, and becoming friends with people is most likely a whole lot better than going through all the hassles and stress of making a new site.
MAIN POINT: This site is already made, and full of members...appreciate it. Don't think right away that just because you want to make another site, it will be as good as this one.
Sorry if this sounded like a bit of a rant, but as I look at other sites...they seem like this, just minus all the members, articles, and posts, and everything else good.
On the other hand...I'm not saying that just because you make a site, it won't be successful. If you are lucky enough, or work hard enough to have a site that is successfull, i'm sure you will enjoy it very much, then all you work is worth it....but just keep in mind the stuff I have said above.
Just because this site is successfull doesn't mean yours will be. Many of the sites that will be made, because it seems it would be cool to own one...will most likely fail, or you will actually realize how much effort it takes to run a site, and quit, or give it up to somebody else. A whole lot of people in the beginning realize that you need alot of members for it to work, well getting those members can prove to be a very tough challenge, so is maintaining the site. Also, I can honostly say,besides maybe a couple unique ideas you have of what to do, if you have any, you are going to use ideas from this site and other ones. Also, you will have to write your own articles to help make the site better most likely. You can't just go copy and paste other sites articles either, because I know for sure, if I find a copied article from this site on another site, i'd show it to karen imediately, and that person would have to deal with the bad stuff. I have looked at so many sites that seem like copies of this one, just new, and not quite as good.
Here is my advise....Stay here. This site is already full of members, plenty of articles, and plenty of other cool stuff. If you stay here, and get to know the members here, possibley make a few new friends, or meet cool people, you'll have fun. I am telling you, getting used to a place, and becoming friends with people is most likely a whole lot better than going through all the hassles and stress of making a new site.
MAIN POINT: This site is already made, and full of members...appreciate it. Don't think right away that just because you want to make another site, it will be as good as this one.
Sorry if this sounded like a bit of a rant, but as I look at other sites...they seem like this, just minus all the members, articles, and posts, and everything else good.
On the other hand...I'm not saying that just because you make a site, it won't be successful. If you are lucky enough, or work hard enough to have a site that is successfull, i'm sure you will enjoy it very much, then all you work is worth it....but just keep in mind the stuff I have said above.