"Webmaster" reclaim your forum!

[UnloggedIn member]

When I registered on this message board one year ago, it was an informative source of information regarding Croatia, whether one was contemplating a holiday, purchasing property or general enquiry.

I have seen some 500 members register since my joining and unfortunately watched this forum degenerate into a schoolyard slanging match.....At one time we could view "last ten posts" and they would all be of interest. Now they tend to be all posted by Emiz or Croam, if they are indeed separate individuals.

For Christ's Sake what does James Bond have to do with Croatia....... I am afraid that until this , once worthwhile, arena reverts from being the "Emiz, Croam, Gavin & Toss-pots from Zzzzzzzagreb Comedy Show" . I have no option but to delete it from my "favourites" menu.............and before some smart alec points out the fact....."how will you know it has changed"...the answer is I won't.

Goodbye,

one very disheartened and ex "member"

[yeslehc]

Well said that man, dont close it though, just ban the individuals you mentioned, if it was closed I would miss my daily chuckle from alsodoubles

[My name is a secretboo hoo]

The same level of information is still there, it just happens there is more of the other stuff there too.

Your problem is that you can't read the last 10 posts and keep up?
Just click on the relevant areas, and stay away from the threads about history, corruption etc.

I leave all my posts in living in Croatia, so that anybody who wishes to read about which baba on the coast makes the best cheese you can elsewhere.

[mark2]

I think webmistress should start a seperate section entitled: Talking Absolute B+llocks. Then all the numpties could wear their keyboards into the ground in solitude, by the way, I agree about alsdoubles and im still waiting for his book to come out. ;D

[Gavin]

Quite frankly I think if you take a look at my posts you'll find that most of them have useful information and advice, and others are just for fun. I've supplied the name of the company that provides the cheapest car rental in Croatia, that's gota be useful for everyone.
I also offer a positive view of living in Croatia in oppostition to a lot of the negative crap that others have to say.
You have to understand that no matter what topic a conversation starts with, the nature of conversation tends to lead things in all kinds of directions often ending on completely different subjects from where it started from.
However, I agree that there should be a new area on this site. I also contribute to a site called performers.net, and performers being the types of people they are often get a bit carried away, so the creator of that site came up with a blah blah blah section where you can talk about what ever crap you like. It really helped in keeping the useful topic threads on topic. When he sees that a particular thread gets off topic or the topic is in the wrong area, he will move it.
I'm sure I've contributed as much useful information as the the originator of this topic, but I have no way of telling because I don't know the name they use to post.
I always use gav or gavin.I have nothing to hide!

[Croam]

Actually, I am not Croam but I could post any such rubbish I wanted to under his name.... If this site is to survive I would suggest that everyone MUST register to be able to post on it.

[Emiz]

Same applies to the above message ;D

[Anna]

Well, I'm not too sure how to respond to the original message in this thread - if you've gone forever, then you won't be able to read my response, will you? I hope you didn't leave because I removed a certain message this morning...

I'm sorry you felt the need to leave the forum. Again, it is quite hard moderating some of these messages, because there always seems to be a very fine line between keeping them on and deleting them. And then there are fun messages - I mean, talking about James Bond isn't relevant at all, but a bit of light relief surely helps sometimes? (Certainly on some of these forums!) Perhaps I should ban myself for having the nerve to mention Corey Haim.

I also think *some* of the names you mentioned aren't bad posters at all. To think that people complained about Alsdoubles when he first started posting, and now some are all nostalgic about him.

Gavin, I like your suggestion about having a separate section where posts that disolve into nonsense could be moved to. Who else likes the idea?

Making the forums member-only is another idea - I haven't done that yet as some people are discouraged from posting if they need to sign up. But it's possible to make certain sections members-only (such as Living in Croatia, for example) and leave others (such as the Travel section). What does everyone think about this?

[EMIZD]

I think it is a good idea BUT...the people who are complaining will be in the "nasty side" were the heated debate is sneaking and then at some point complaining.

The problem you will have is that some threads start off normally then develop into heated debate, at least mine are a little more obvious, and easier to avoid for the nicer users of "visit Croatia" ;D

[croam]

Anna, don't worry about that guy...he's just a crybaby obviously...This post isn't for just one person and unless you had ten of these messages a day i wouldn't worry too much about it.

And in my defence, I also post relevant information when i can as this is a travel site and i travel to croatia. I also post political stuff in the appropriate columns. Why would this guy be reading the site unless he wants practical information or to exchange ideas? He's obviously too small minded to carry on an intelligent debate, and takes himself way to seriously...i mean come on, this is the internet dude. Don't worry about outing yourself as a Corey Haim fan Anna, that took alot of courage and was soooooo funny! ;D

[croam]

oh and the only registered member to agree with the original post NEVER posts himself so maybe these people are just jealous that other people can either 1. think for themselves or 2. have the courage to speak up on an internet chat forumn....and oooooh thats so hard to do!

[barba Jere]

I allready wrote this but EMIZ did so much damage to the owner of this site with his B ull sh i tting and ranting. Im sure lots of people base their opinion to book hollidays or even buy property on posts on this forum since it has personal opinions and those are often more valued then ads or brochures.

EMIZ is placing constant maliciuous antipropaganda here mainly based on LIES and fabrications.

unfortunately such person is most active here which is also not coincidance.

[elaine]

Anna,
In agreement with some others above, I would urge you not to worry and to leave things as they are.
Most people do appreciate that light relief is sometimes necessary and, indeed, impossible to avoid at times!
One person, who's obviously had a sense of humour bypass, throwing his toys out of his pram should not be enough to make you change things.

Guys, who noticed I assumed it was a bloke?

[Gavin]

Another function that the other forum I post on has is that you can select to ignore posts from people you're sick of hearing from. It simply makes that persons posts invisible to you, but if you choose, you can still take a peak if you want.

[I agree]

I agree with the unlogged member.


This person is not the first person to complain about EMIZ. I have now seen several posts complaining about EMIZ, some are still posted and others have been removed.

I find it very discouraging to come on and see EMIZ's name on every thread. I think this forum only has one problem EMIZ. He does not add any quality to this forum, he actually brings the forum down and then everyone is slinging mud after he posts his garbage.

I think it is very strange when I have posted something and Emiz comes after my post and accuses me of being U2. I finally had to go thru old posts and find out who this was. It is actually a shame that U2 does not post anymore and I wonder why. Maybe she got tired of all the EMIZ posts. I think alot of people are getting tired of the ignorant posts and are leaving or not coming by as often. I can tell you I don't come as often as I use to.

I think if Emiz did not post as much or he posted something useful instead of unintelligent remarks about peoples idea's or thoughts I would come here more often but if he continues to post hundreds of posts a week I will start to spend less time here and eventually not come here at all.

My other friends use to come to this forum because I told them about it. They have stopped coming because of EMIZ's post. They said once he posts something the thread goes down hill with arguing and name calling. I think the same thing but I still keep coming hoping I won't see EMIZ's name and will be able to read intelligent, informative, funny, no name calling debates and others thoughts(posts).

So unlogged member you are not alone.