In a word, no. Although I'm above average interested in religion, and I aspire towards the title of 'cult leader'. Well, not really.
Not my real name. Although, in one sense, it does. But on here, yes, it is 'll'.
It's called Veggie Views. It's only barely and recently "big". We've been online since 2012 with a very loyal membership. It used to be a support and general discussion forum for vegans, vegetarians and people transitioning to these lifestyles. However, we've recently decided to change the focus slightly.
Not at allI hope you don't mind a bit of controversy
Yes, veganism is getting a lot of interest these days. We don't really see any backlash on the forum. This is probably mostly because, for most of its existence, we've only accepted people who are vegan, vegetarian or transitioning to one of those. We've had a few trolls and others who wanted to debate despite our rules, but not so many in recent times.
They're mostly all vegans and vegetarians, so I don't think they'd be too happy with that sort of debate as it unfortunately so often deteriorates into insults and worse, which would make it difficult to build a good community.
Well, the Vegan Society says that veganism is "... a way of living which seeks to exclude, as far as is possible and practicable ..." etcetera. I'd prefer to avoid purchasing and owning any leather, but there can be reasons why a vegan will at times have to purchase items with leather because there are no practical alternatives. For example, as part of a uniform or other workwear that they're required to wear in their profession, or a low-income family who needs a car and can only find ones with leather seats. Leather is considered somewhat less troubling if it's second-hand and therefore doesn't contribute as much towards the marketplace demand.
Oh, thank you very much for the offer! I am however about to make an offer on the licence already in use on a forum I'm in the process of acquiring. But I'll get back to you if it doesn't work out, if that's OKAnd finally, totally off-topic, are you still looking an Xenforo licence? If so let me know. I have a number of active licences I'll probably never use. I'd normally let them rot but as a valued member of TAZ I'm quite happy to reach an amicable agreement with you on price. I'm away for a couple of days but let me know if I can help
I prefer to be an admin, although ideally I would like to have a team of talented co-admins, moderators, designers / artists and PR / SEO experts so that not all responsibility rests solely on me. It gets lonely at the top! Besides, I think better decisions are reached through discussion between experts even if that can take longer and can be frustrating at times. My top skills are, I suppose, on the technical side.
They've never been close to covering all the costs, but they do at least pay for most of my add-on expenses and part of the XF licence renewal. I operate on a shoestring budget, I think, compared to some other forums and websites out there.
