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    Michael R reacted to Janyour in Spark more real time engagement with the Trending Content feature   
    Nice feature but i join all what it was said, is should be a native feature on all plans, cloud or self.
    +1 for the feature -1 for the restriction 
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    Michael R reacted to Davyc in How to inspire your community's members to engage   
    I agree with everything you say, but the caveat is that it is becoming increasingly difficult for people to launch a successful forum based community in the current climate, at least for hobbyists or people who want to present something that interests them personally.  I'm not, and never have said throughout this discussion, that it's impossible.  However, there are a whole bunch of people who come into the arena with great expectations and little understanding and end up disappointed when they see their efforts fall by the wayside.  And there is no getting away from the fact that SM is the main reason; before SM forum communities of all kinds were springing up and achieving their owners expectations.  The landscape has changed dramatically since then and it is incredibly difficult to achieve expectations.
    I have stressed throughout that I'm not forum bashing, quite the opposite I'm SM bashing.  But I do think it is irresponsible to big up expectations when they are seldom realised - and, again, I stress that this is in the hobbyist (for want of a better term) arena.  Businesses are in a completely different league, especially big businesses who have huge sums of money to spend on marketing and advertising. 
    There are some forum sites that have been around since before the rise of SM and they are still there today and the IPS community suite has grown beyond forums, if it hadn't I have doubts that you would still be around today.  The IPS suite of apps can be applied successfully in many ways from Blog sites, to Websites, to Commerce sites to galleries for artists and photographers; there is a wide range to choose from.  I'm a great advocate of the IPS range of apps; some of my clients have adopted the IPS model, but not the forums because they have tried them and they did nothing to add value to their venture.  If you want an example try https://www.thenationalchefsunion.co.uk/ which I designed and help manage for them.  They use Pages for articles and sponsors and commerce for their member subscriptions.  So I wish to make it absolutely clear that I am not IPS bashing, because I get the feeling that some in this discussion are being incredibly defensive of the software when there is no reason to be.  Hell, I even run two sites myself with the IPS software so if I were against it then I would most certainly not use it, nor continue to pay for it.  I also run a Xenforo site simply because a third party app used there is not available on the IPS platform, otherwise it would be.
    As @Rikki mentioned success is measured by a site creators own expectations and because they vary wildly it is not possible to put a figure on it, so to speak.  I just wanted to make it clear to prospective site creators that it is not as easy a task as throwing everything you have at your project and expect it to drive into action and that a long term commitment is required and a not so insignificant sum of money.  Advertising is not cheap and if it's included in your budget it needs to be directed in the correct way to maximise your ROI (return on investment).  It's tough out there and getting tougher.  If anyone wants to try, I say good luck to them as everyone loves a trier. 
    When I started into this arena Google had only been around for a few years and there were 2,410,067 website listed (source for these figures is Google itself)  as of Jan 14, 2022, there are currently over 1.92 billion websites. So there is a monumental number more and covering just about every imaginable topic.  Numbers may not be relevant in many instances but sometimes they do tell a story and paint a different picture between one time and another.
    Power to the elbows of the triers - I keep trying lol.
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    Michael R reacted to Dexter_X in Drum roll please… announcing Achievements!   
    ACP -> Members -> Achievements -> Settings -> Big green button on the top right corner "+ Rebuild member's achievements"
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    Michael R got a reaction from sobrenome in What's new in 4.6.0?   
    Looking forward to upgrading! Thank you Invision Team!

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    Michael R got a reaction from Jordan Miller in What's new in 4.6.0?   
    Looking forward to upgrading! Thank you Invision Team!

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    Michael R reacted to Tom_F in Why did Lush quit social media?   
    They also get a nice dollop of publicity for doing so. 
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    Michael R reacted to Armagiedon in Interview with Michael Rielly of ClausNet.com   
    Great interview, Hoping you have a wonderful Christmas
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    Michael R got a reaction from Matt in Interview with Michael Rielly of ClausNet.com   
    Thank you! For the record, that's not me at the top! 😄

    Thank you!
    For a site like mine, the user interface is very important -- both in substance and style! Thank you @ehren. for all your help!
    Merry Christmas @Sunlite!
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    Michael R reacted to Dean Spencer in Interview with Michael Rielly of ClausNet.com   
    I've seen this community a few times but never joined or knew what it was really about apart from it being Holiday themed. Great place to keep the Christmas Spirit always alive. 
     
    Merry Christmas! 
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    Michael R got a reaction from Joel R in Interview with Michael Rielly of ClausNet.com   
    Thank you! For the record, that's not me at the top! 😄

    Thank you!
    For a site like mine, the user interface is very important -- both in substance and style! Thank you @ehren. for all your help!
    Merry Christmas @Sunlite!
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    Michael R reacted to Sunlite in Interview with Michael Rielly of ClausNet.com   
    Great interview, Hoping you have a wonderful Christmas  @Michael R
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    Michael R reacted to ehren. in Interview with Michael Rielly of ClausNet.com   
    I've worked with @Michael R over the past few years on his custom themes and he's always been a great client to work with. Nice to see the extra effort he goes to in order to keep children and prying eyes away, very dedicated.
    Happy holidays Mike!
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    Michael R reacted to Joel R in 4.3: Modernizing our Gallery   
    IPS rarely responds to any feedback in the feedback forum.  I like to think of those forums more like an infinite void for retail clients, where I send off my hopes and dreams.  
    Check your membergroups  to add albums.  When you're in gallery, you should see a button to Add Images.  
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    Michael R reacted to Joel R in Why owning your own community is better than using a Facebook Group   
    For existing Invision clients, I think this is also a great opportunity to think about recruiting and converting Facebook groups to your community.  This enables you to become a "community of communities" on your IPS platform, with multiple sub-groups, clans, or tribes.  You can set them up with their own Club or integrate into your main community:
    Provide a haven.  There are people deleting and leaving Facebook every day, especially in light of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.  Why not provide a new space for those groups who are looking for a shared vision and mission without the constant privacy issues of Facebook?   Get revolutionary growth by adding a major block of new members.  It's hard to attract members on a one-by-one basis and the regular organic growth may be slow.  When you attract and entice a group owner, you bring his entire group over in one migration.   Build out your niche.  Add all the knowledge and topics of your sub-communities to strengthen your existing knowledge.  The new clubs can either broaden the relevancy of your niche, or deepen your community's authority.   Become an Admiral, not a Captain.  A captain steers one boat.  An admiral steers a fleet of boats.  It's a whole new level of challenges and rewards when you administer a community of communities where you lead multiple captains.  It gives you power in numbers to do more, with more members, more activity, more enthusiasm and creativity.     I think there's never been a better time to go fishing in Facebook's muddy waters, and to start poaching Facebook groups who are looking for a new home.  
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    Michael R reacted to Jaymez in We're now using Invision Community 4.3!   
    Do you guys use gallery with video here at all? I want to test on mobile devices. Thanks!
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    Michael R reacted to Adriano Faria in 4.3: Modernizing our Gallery   
    Share submissions to an album is a very old request. Glad it will be a feature now. 
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    Michael R reacted to Meddysong in 4.3: Paid club memberships, and other club improvements   
    Next time anybody suggests that the Invision Community team doesn't listen, send them to this article. There's so much here that I've seen people bring up over the past year. What an amazing product. You lovely, lovely people.
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    Michael R reacted to Ramsesx in Invision Community 4.3 Coming Soon   
    Time for the next news please. 
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    Michael R reacted to ZakRhyno in Invision Community 4.3 Coming Soon   
    Is IP.Gallery going to get some love? There has been nil to much of anything to improve it from when IPB 4 came out.
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    Michael R got a reaction from Charles in Invision Community 4.3 Coming Soon   
    Excited!
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    Michael R got a reaction from Matt in Invision Community 4.3 Coming Soon   
    Excited!
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    Michael R got a reaction from sabrond in Invision Community 4.3 Coming Soon   
    Excited!
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    Michael R got a reaction from Anonymous IPB User in New: Gallery improvements   
    Will there be any enhancements to managing albums -- both for users and admins?
    I was hoping to see default albums for members' cover pages and profile photos aka Facebook.
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    Michael R got a reaction from BomAle in New: Clubs   
    Can you do this?
     
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    Michael R reacted to Adriano Faria in New: Clubs   
    When trying to send an invitation:

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