One thing which could be learned from 10 years of Kramtoad is: Anonymity was NOT helpful.
Everytime there was a problem in the 8 years Mr. Kramtoad ran it himself, or in the two years with two other admins running it, there was no where to turn to alert to problems, because all 3 preferred to be totally anonymous. After 10 years Mr. Kramtoad published a (small) picture of himself, which was awesome to put a face to the person. Practically, however, anonymity put a big dent into the reliability and the fun of the users, when something had gone wrong, and nobody was taking care of it, or could be alerted to. The most recent thing is all the spam in the last Kramtoad forum, which also contributed in a big way to Mr. Kramtoad’s decision to shut it down.
Certainly in the age of Internet trolls and other not-so-nice people bullying online, one has to walk a fine privacy line between showing responsibility for the site and avoid said nasties ...
We want to do things differently. As we (Stukka & Cooper) took the initiative and won Mr. Kramtoad’s support, we own up to it. Others have shown an interest in - and actually deliver - to help (publicly and privately) and offered ideas, help, and also moral support.
So all who claim support publicly to be behind Scaffies, shall be listed here on request :-)
Meet the Scaffies Team:
You choose yourself, how you want to be shown here (but must provide a way to contact - see above!):
- Cooper / c00p3r89, Dallas TX USA: Facebook / Tumblr
Admin (more techie side)
- Stukka / Stukka, Dallas TX USA: Facebook / Tumblr / Recon / Google /
(official): stukka@scaffies.com Admin (more content / community side) - use josh.stukka@gmail.com
- Radgie / Radgie, Glasgow Scotland: Facebook / Tumblr / Recon / WebSite / Hoodies & T-Shirt Shop
Supporter, had the idea of the name “Scaffies”
- Fabian / ?, Argentina: Facebook
Supporter, volunteered the awesome Scaffies logo
- David / Lunarbevel, NY: lunarbevel at gmail dot com
Supporter, helping (and installing) Wordpress, BuddyPress, Plug-In’s - serious technical help!
- Thom / BustedDad: thom1978m4mga at yahoo dot com
Supporter, volunteered general IT technical help
- Brian / KickMyBalls: kickmyballsplease1 at gmail dot com
Supporter, volunteered general IT technical help
- Ross / BlanketParty, El Paso TX USA: Facebook / FB Fan Page / Tumblr / Recon
Moral Supporter
- Scott / Boxers456, TN USA: sweaver0529 at gmail dot com
Moral Supporter
- Riley / Gumaer, Sausalito CA USA: Facebook / Tumblr / Recon / GlobalFight / Blog
Moral Supporter
- There are also others - from all around the world - helping, who prefer not to be named here
- will you be here next? send e-mail to Stukka@Scaffies.com
P.S.: the irony that guys who kick and punch each other in the nuts - or at least talk about it favorably - are working together here at the same time to build a new, version 2, ballbusting community exactly for that purpose ... does not escape us :)
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