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Originally Posted by Hobbit
Have you ever sold a community? If so, how did your members react?
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I purchased a troubled community, it was nearly dead, and really worked hard to get it going again. My whole intention was to do just that, and then sell it again. Once it was sold, most of the members basically hated me, I still get emails from some of them. That forum is back to it's nearly dead state, but I am not really surprised. The new owner killed it with ads, etc.
I have been involved in a few communties where it was sold, and I understand, but many do not. As long as nothing really changes, at least for the worse, everyone was happy. With any ownership change, especially if the owner is active in the forum, you are bound to lose some of the members.
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