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    It's been a hot minute since I've made any sort of post on this website.

    It's been a hot minute since I've made any sort of post on this website.
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    How do you feel when someone ghosts you when they are no longer interested?

    I tend to force people to pay half or full upfront or do it in milestone payments. It's not worth risking your time otherwise.
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    Website Hosting

    Honestly, if you've got developers familiar with SSG frameworks (e.g. Next.js or Gatsby to name a few React frameworks), you could use Vercel, Netlify or Cloudflare Pages which is completely free for stuff at your scale. I run a few websites at practically zero cost (except for annual domain...
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    How do you feel about the new update?

    For me, the change in font hugely hurts readability. Segoe UI is very thin without much letter spacing so maybe a slight increase in font sizing or a change to other base fonts like Noto Sans or Helvetica Neue (referencing other forums or text-focused websites like Reddit) would help sort that out.
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    What do you think about AirPods 3

    It’s not meant to sell to existing Pro users because it doesn’t even have ANC. They’re probably gonna release a Pro successor later.
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    New Thread Layout

    Why not both? New layout as the default, but could be configurable according to user preference. (okay I know why not being maintenance overhead but does it actually require custom development)
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    Opinions on Xenforo

    If you think that's expensive... wait till you see the pricing for other solutions like Invision Community... It's a very reasonable price imo, especially when their target audience is businesses and hobbyists with genuine incomes. If you want free ones, NamelessMC and Flarum are good...
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    Can't turn time back ;(

    Can't turn time back ;(
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    MCM is hardly a market anymore

    What you just said exactly matches my “blame the user, not the site” definition… that’s the mindset I’m trying to change. Barely anyone reads the terms and conditions and a long list of rules as a new user - ironically I’m VERY sure that you didn’t know all the rules prior to your promotion...
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    MCM is hardly a market anymore

    Blame the user, not the policies is what you're doing. Reality isn't going to change, so adapt and compromise - why do you punish accidents if they cause no harm to another individual? (e.g. root's case). Why return innocent mistakes with something as offensive as warning points when it could've...
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    MCM is hardly a market anymore

    I feel this might be an example of how users feel a bit more 'violated' when warned. Did this really really need points? Or could you have swiped this under the rug with a verbal warning? I always believed that if it is something that was not intentionally malicious (i.e. if you were...
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    Open Source Blog Directory - Website UI Mockup

    Hi all, I'm making a website directory of company blogs discussing tech migrations. e.g. Dropbox moving from Python to Rust or Discord moving from Cassandra to ScyllaDB or Cloudflare moving from Hugo to React Gatsby! It's split up into multiple categories for different audiences (languages...
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    Been a while, QnA thing?

    I cannot believe you still remember that since that was yearssss ago. Just to defend my dignity, I was trying out a dish called Takoyaki which is a lot more normal than he describes it. :mad:
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    ahoy

    ahoy
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    Services on MC-Market

    Sure. I’ll expand on that for you. Service teams both damage your own reputation (not in an MCM stat sense) and the profit margins are not worth it. It’s very easy to be a shit service team, and very difficult to be a respected one. Ask most established community members, they’ll look down on...
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