Elliot's Profile

18 Nov 2005

Reese - we are a UK company governed by Uk law, and have had a UK lawyer and a UK barrister draw up any legal concerns we have. We have some procedures that we are required to be put into place but it will be completly transparant to the end user.
Fred aka Medic 1 - i signed up for 30 seconds the other day, placed a simple ad, and had a quick 5 min look in the chatroom. We didn't really need to see the site to much, as we were in discussions with Mark regarding its stats, which is what we needed to know first off.
And yeah, spelling is bad, and so's my reply time, however, i have beeen on these forums now since 10 oclock, and have not stopped reading or replying, so can i be let off biggrin

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18 Nov 2005

On the issue regarding privicy etc etc.
We are governd by data protection, all details are confidential, and will not be used, sold or let out what so ever. You have my gaurntee on that.
With regards to popups, no, we will not be having any popups, at all, no more ads than there currently are on the site, thats not the way we do things.
And postie - no im afriad you cant ;p

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18 Nov 2005

Redhot -
You will have one login name, which will be for the forum, and you will be able to specify your displayed name in the chatroom.
little gem - you won't have to pay for anything, all the current features will remain free, and as an existing member you will be bumped up to premium for free also.
Phoenix - i agree nothing is broken, but there is a lot to be gained, such as more reliable, quicker photo ads, and loads of useful features.
Clare and Steve - the mods were notified last night, and the ops this morning, we would have liked to have given them more notice, but Mark mailed them sooner than we was expecting to let them know.
Bloke2005 - Thanks for your kind words, im glad you have grasped what we are trying to achieve and the benifit to all the members.
debz4u - I think you will be surprised how much better this site as the potential to become. We are an experienced development company, and have the ability to push this site to new features. The payment is needed because, as a company, we still have to pay the bills, but anything that is ALREADY free, will remain FREE.
Ice pie-
1) We also run dating sites and are experienced with online dating and communities, we decided to branch out into Swinging niche.
2) Yes we do care about the SH community, and are trying to learn about it and understand it as much as poss.
3) Not at all, moderation is voluntary, this is something that we will be discussing with the mods and ops.
4) SH will remain free as it is now with all its current features, we are simply adding on aditional features that we need to charge for to cover our outgoings.
5) Not in the slightest.
6) We don't and will look for guidance from the mods and regular members.
7) We have taken over the email address, but not Marks forum account, please PM me if you wish.
8) If you want to break away its entirley up to you, but you will be missing out in the end.
9) We area ware, and no we have not broken bread, or know anyone here, and is something we aim to change overtime.
10) There is no big secret, the company name will be known as soon as i am given the ok to let it out, this is for legal reasons.
scooter99 - Mark decided he had had enough, to run the site him self is a large burdon.
blonde - not yet smile

kazswallows - Banned members will remain banned. Mods and ops will retain positions should they wish.
Apologies to the questions i have missed, there are a lot, please post again if i missed them or was not clear enough.
I hope the above clears some stuff up, im not your enemy, honest :)
Elliot

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18 Nov 2005

Quote by TallFunLondon
At the moment the ads, forum and chatroom sections are quite distinctively seperate - with one communal log-in will this change?

No, they will all stay exactly as they are, just when you log in, you will be logged in on everything, so when you move between them you won't have to re-login, and you will have an account user menu which lets you modify your ads, profile etc etc easily and quickly.

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18 Nov 2005

Hello all,
Some of you may have heard of rumours of a change of owners in Swinging Heaven. I can confirm this is true, and as of the 16th Nov 05 we officially took over swinging heaven, and today is the first day that we are in full swing in handling the running of the site.
We are currently talking with the Mods, and the chatroom ops, who were alerted last night and earlier today.
About Us
We are a small company based of around 14 people. Our primary business is the sale of ringtones, and mobile related content. Out of the 14, there are going to be 2 admins so to speak, and another 2 people overseeing us (ie our bossâ€™s!).
My name is Elliot, I am a web developer, and will be taking over the running of the site from Mark. Helping me is Nick (Nick_W) on the forum, who is also a web developer. You may also see around the site Steve (St3v3 on the forum), and Martin (the gaffers!).
What this means to you and your friends
Well, for the first couple of weeks, nothing will change. We will be busy behind the scenes putting together new features for the site. We will be improving usability, and speed. When we are ready to activate these features and upgrades, a new member system will be introduced.
The new features:
One unified login and members area for the whole site.
Unlimited pictures
Site messaging
Video chat room
User profiles
Distance displays
An ultra boost in speed.
And many moreâ€¦
And the main question:
Do I have to pay?
No, the site will remain free for all existing members, and new members. However we will be introducing a premium membership, which will have advanced features at a cost. Now this is the important bit:
All existing members will be automatically upgraded to premium membership for at least 1 year, and more than likely - forever.
We have no intention of breaking up this community, and want to reward the current members as much as we can and push the site forward.
So what are we going to lose?
Nothing. We will not be making any feature of the site that is free to use now, premium. This means that you will not lose a single thing, you will actually gain features, because many of the new things we have planned will be open to free members.
I know this is going to go down like a lead balloon, but please realise what im saying above, you arenâ€™t going to lose anything you have already, and you probably will hardly notice a change for the two weeks, and after that, changes for the better.
I know there are going to be a million and one questions flying about, please feel free to post below. However, please try to limit your post to one per person for the first day, I will answer as quickly and as clearly as I can, but as you can imagine this is going to get a bit busy.
Thanks for reading,
Elliot. biggrin

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