This has been posted elsewhere however different points of view here to respond..
Say what you want Open book here
This has been on my mind for a while now and I need to start to make that consideration since December 2023 will be among us as soon. BaysideGamers has been running for almost eight years and in the last two years, it's been going downhill, not the site to blame it's luckier to be me as life and other things going on that I can't get into it, plus I do not have the funds like I used to. I do not even know if I can able to renew it when December comes.
But got me thinking, however in the past, it has not helped in terms of people.
BaysideGamers is dead. I can't put enough into it myself as I used to. I love to keep it going for another eight years. however, it's eating up my cash for what! just sitting there idle. Whoever becomes admin has to accept that there is no money. You end up earning an x-amount from the ads or other related earnings that the site may receive. however, the amount of cash would need to go back into the server costs. I can't be looking at renewing in December for another three years if it's not going to grow.
- End up closing it fully, end it all. Yet I would back up and download everything so that maybe in the future if I want to return I have the site and database still, IPB. then again five years or maybe 10 years database or forum software is going to be different and might not be able to return.
- Still being the founder of the site (CEO) of the site, however, I step down and let someone else take the role of an admin who would have full control of everything. Someone who takes over building and growing the site, still talking and contacting me for approval or ideas. I would still work doing the server backend related but the admin to take the full IPB-related stuff.
I have hired many people in the past, from mods to temps admins. Most people that became mods have failed me. They came and the first couple of weeks get active by posting. however, they are helping themselves and at most; I end up dealing with simple jobs myself. Other times they don't return and so months later I had to remove them since they just lost interest. The only person that really has helped out and supported is Ash, Ash became a temporary admin who came out in his free time to change and bring ideas to the site and made it better, however, he had to leave since college and life; he had to retire the other sites that he had running and sold them.
Say what you want Open book here