Forum News
Forum Upgrade is Finished
By Keiichi Morisato
The forum upgrade has been completed. While it may take some getting used to, I’m looking for some skins to replace the ones we had for the previous version of the forum software. At any rate, if you discover any problems, be sure to let me know by posting a comment here or posting here:
Forum Software: Upgrade in Progress
By Keiichi Morisato
Please be patient. Our forums are in the process of being upgraded from IPB 2.3.6 to IPB 3.0.0, which is a big improvement over the previous version. If you need to chat or comment, please post a comment or reply to this news item. Hopefully, it won’t be long to take to upgrade our forums. Just keep checking back for updates. When the conversion is finished, I’ll post an update.
Feel free to post a comment to this news item or jump into our chat room.
124,000 Posted Messages; A New Record
By Keiichi Morisato
I’d like to thank every one of our members for supporting the site. We finally reached 124,000 posted messages on our forums, a new record for our community. This is due to the support from our members for helping contribute to the site. Every posted message helps support the community so, if you have an account, please stop by, post a message, say hi. We’re still here.
Why We Ban Spammers
By Keiichi Morisato
Some of you are probably wondering why we’re so pro-active in announcing frequently that we’re banning certain members. To be fair about it, we don’t just randomly ban members and the reason why certain members get banned is that they’re quickly identified as a Spammer or Spambot.
We simply don’t allow anyone to post or advertise for businesses on our site or on our forums. This not only clogs up our forums with the same topic for the same ad being posted over and over again but they mostly violate our forum rules by posting the same topic in every forum. While the site is funded mainly from my own pocket, combined from some donations that we receive from our members, we simply require advertisers to pay to advertise and when that happens, there are selected areas of the site where those ads can be posted.
Spammers and Spambots are paid by entities who pay them for posting ads on their products on “free forums.” While our accounts are free, we do require anyone who wishes to advertise to pay for that right to advertise their product on our site. We do use a website called Stop Forum Spam. While some spammers and spambots try to create newer usernames and use email addresses that aren’t registered, their IP Addresses never change. When we discover a spamming account through either their username, email or IP address, we then ban that member by IP address and email from the site and it the email and username are new, we submit those accounts as known spammers.
We do make every effort to ensure that someone who isn’t a spammer isn’t being banned and we have a remarkable 100% rate on that front. Through these efforts, we have kept the forums free from these spammers and our forums are a safe environment to interact or post with the rest of our community.
New Updates on AMG Overanalysis Articles
By Keiichi Morisato
Before I forget to post it, Timotheus has updated his AMG Overanalysis Articles on Goddess & Demon Facial Markings as well as the Japanese Driver’s licenses and the Goddess Connection. Be sure you check them out if you’re looking for something interesting to read on these two subjects. He has posted them in the AMG History forum and you can check them out at your leisure.
Terms of Service, Disclaimer & Forum Rules Updated
By Keiichi Morisato
Just a simple reminder. If you haven’t checked taken the time to read our “Terms of Service” and “Disclaimer” notices, please take the time to do so. They contain pertinent information when browsing the site. Also, be sure to pay special attention to the Forum Rules that happens to be posted on our forums. It’s important that our members familiarize themselves with these guidelines. There’s nothing too hair-raising, but all three contain important information, in regards to using our site.
We’re Getting Close, Almost 124,000 Posted Messages, Join the Fun
By Keiichi Morisato
If you have visited our forums and never registered for an account, please, stop by and do so. Appearances to the contrary, each and every member of our community is an Ah! My Goddess fan and if you’d liek to share your thoughts on where the television series could go, once it’s been greenlighted, or speculate on which manga chapters should be adapted, stop by and offer your thoughts. We even have a forum where you can create a speculation topic on such matters as “what if Keiichi and Belldandy has children” and other related topics.
We have a variety of forums from General Anime to J-Pop and even a forum dedicated to Japanese culture.
So, if you have a chance, stop by the forums and say hi. You’ll never know who might show up.
Forum Members: “0″ Posts, Support the Community, Post Something
By Keiichi Morisato
During the past few years, I’ve tried many alternatives to combat the posting of spam on the forums, through PM Messages and through the posting of spam in the guestbook that is linked to through the forums. The Guestbook Spam seems to be getting hit a bit more frequently.
To combat this problem, I have decided to purge any registered account that has never posted a single message. Now, while we don’t have requirements for posting on the forums, we’re going to start requiring our members to, at the very least, post an introduction topic in our Introductions forum. We happen to be a very small community but the forums won’t be supported if nobody posts.
We have about 50 active members, give or take, who post either frequently or infrequently. While some of our members are more active than others, they do support our community by engaging in topics that interest them.
Where this concerns New Accounts/New Registrations, if you create an account, support the community by posting something, unrelated to spam. Introduce yourself. Our members aren’t dangerous and you may just make a new friend or two. We do get exclsuive information on new Ah! My Goddess merchandise and even whispers about the anime series. What better way to find out about this than by posting?
So, if you have an account, post something. We have a lot of forums to keep you interested and we’re always open to new ideas.
We Ban Spammers
By Keiichi Morisato
Please be aware that we actively ban all spammers and spambots. We do check all registered accounts for our blog here, along with all new forum accounts, against such online databases such as Stop Forum Spam. If you’re a spammer, don’t bother to register because we verify all new accounts the same day they are registered.
If you don’t want your account banned, then don’t spam.
This isn’t meant to scare anyone away, just for those who are creating accounts just to spam our site with spam-related advertising.
New Sketches of the Goddesses in Sleepwear
By Keiichi Morisato
Our resident artist, Thom114, has created a series of pinups of the goddesses from the long-running anime and manga series. Belldandy, Adult Skuld, Urd, Peorth, Lind & Mara. While you need a registered account to see the images, stop by and check them out.
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