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Post by G on Jul 1, 2012 10:12:50 GMT -5
It's been a long trying journey. Twice I nearly quit and there has been a lot of learning and trying times along the way. I think it's been a process. There have been highs. There have been good times. But all in all, its been a process of learning the ins and outs. And as of the 14th of this month, Comic Crack will have survived and lived 5 years.
It seems hard to believe that 5 years have gone by since I first opened this board. I didn't know a thing about running a board and I still might not know much now. But I have tinkered and poked and turned things over and discovered a few things that work and a lot of things that don't work. Each time you learn something one way or another, you store it away and continue to grow off of that.
Even though Comic Crack is extremely slow and at times struggles to make a post appear or have a good conversation going sometimes, I am proud of it. I still believe the best days of Comic Crack lie ahead of it. And its just a matter of continuing to keep doing what has been done and to keep learning from my mistakes.
I hope to be back here 5 years from now and celebrating my 10th anniversary of running this board. It's slowly starting to feel like I'm becoming a grizzled veteran.
I want to thank Underdog for coming on board right away and helping me design things and get the quirks out, and also Defiant1 for pushing me to get started, great advice and all his contributions.
I'd also like to thank the rest of you for coming and posting and adding something to my board. Even if you only came and looked. I'm glad you came by.
Thank you everybody for helping me reach 5 years of Comic Crack!!!
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Post by G on Jul 14, 2012 2:26:11 GMT -5
Today is the day!
It was 5 years ago today I started Comic Crack!
Of course it was not called Comic Crack on the day it was opened. It was called "Gotta Start Somewhere" and it was the Sienfeld of internet sites. It wasn't about comics like it is today. Comics was one of the subjects covered, but in reality, there was a lot of subjects it was trying to be and using input, that turned out to be a glaring weakness and eventually, the catering to different subjects, the trying to appeal to everyone diminished down to mainly 1 subject. Subject Matter dealing with comics.
Over the years I've also let it be known that this isn't some rah-rah site where it doesn't matter what you put out, we'll call it good. On the contrary, it's become more of a place to sound off on what you don't like and occasionally what you do. If you have a bitch about comics, its characters, it's companies, it's leaders, etc..Comic Crack is the place to be. Don't shy away from controversy here. We always welcome your opinions. Just remember......Don't flame others!
I want to say thank you to everyone who came by, lurked, read posts or better yet created one yourself. It's made all the struggles to learn that much better!
Here's to hoping I will be celebrating my 10 year anniversary 5 years from today. I will certainly give a shot.
Thank you again!
- G
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