Just once, I'd like to ....

Has anyone noticed? I have. A dramatic decline in posts to the forum and most new posts coming from brand new people asking the same questions over an over as well as posts (that have turned almost pointless in their content) from a core group of Boonex users.

I think there's some serious issues developing here. There is a whole hearted lack of support from the developers for Dolphin 7 and now we're seeing a dramatic decline in interest from it's users. Except for a core set that don't know when to give up and the brand new user who is just starting down the path of lack of performance/faith and communication from the creators, many have given up and disappeared.

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Dolphin makes it easy to deploy and manage dating sites, social networks, online clubs, or web- communities. We run community sites ourselves, and we pass this experience on to you.

I am sorry, but I just don't see this here. My site has been nothing but difficult to assemble. Although I do not have the ability to code in PHP, I most certainly have a basic set of skills that should allow me to easily install this software and solve minor issues. Only in rare cases have I not needed outside help.

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A community is only a community as long as people still live in it.

Just how many projects is Boonex working on? Does anyone know? I know there's a version 6 and as far as I can tell it's still in development without any real conclusion. I have never used it so I can't speak to it's reliablility but watching the forums gives me some idea that many problems still exist that have not been fixed to this day.

I want to pay my $999 (or whatever Prime is right now) and become a full fledged member of Boonex but I just can't see myself clear to do it. Every day I come here half expecting the site to be gone and the infamous 404 page not found error. I have actually been involved in another community where that happened and it's an experience I have no desire to repeat.

The way I see it, I already have about a thousand hours in the initial development of TowNation (my site) and l expect to spend another thousand or so before the site becomes truly functional and open for business.

If I spend my money here, what guarantee do I have that a year from now you will still be here to service my needs?

This is a direct request to the Boonex team. I really need you to step in here and tell us what your plans are. Where are we going? I am truly hoping that I can get a response, not from just one of you that has been sent to put out the fire, but from several of you so we know there is a light at the end of the tunnel and we are not just wasting our time once again. It truly is time for a Rah Rah session from the developers.

This is not a bash blog and I have no desire to start a thread where everyone is bitching about every little thing. All I am looking for here is a little help in goading the Boonex establishment into communicating a little better with us. If you want to help me with this, then have at it. If you want to bitch about specific problems, please, take it somewhere else as it will defeat the purpose of this post.

Just once, I'd like to ..... make a post in praise of the Boonex team and it's accomplishments instead of complaining because of a poorly thought out idea or the lack of communication between the developers and the end users.