Im only here because of the slick clean look if i’m honest. 
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You we never my favourite person @MrRobinBankks on another forum! But willing to try again
I was OTT and too forthright in the old forum. I’m willing to be a reformed character here 
Fresh starts are good for everyone.
Regarding our politics - there are currently two @admins here. Me and @thirstforwine. I’m right-leaning and he is left-leaning. Every action we take is logged and visible to one another. So I’m confident that political bias won’t creep into the running of the website.
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Let’s hope. The spam ruined the last effort I saw, while the moderation problems continue to both stifle the original forum, and leave me feeling like I need a wash after visiting it. Good luck Chris.
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My hubby created one of the other alternatives because he was over moderated on the main SE23 site - but it didn’t take off. I’m not sure we did a great job of getting word out that it existed and now we’ve moved out of the area and don’t have time to put the effort in - but still have property in HOP so like to keep an eye on things. I really hope this one succeeds - so far so good!
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Just a quick hello to all, and congrats to @anon5422159 for taking this project on. May it succeed where others have not. One of the most useful things about a number of local Facebook groups is the opportunity to get rid of unwanted stuff easily. What are your thoughts about posting for sale or giveaway items?
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You’re very welcome to do so, in the wanted/offered category. Non-commercial listings only, please, and just one per day max, to avoid crowding out the other discussions.
Cheers for joining the forum!
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I like the clean look of this site and am grateful for the efforts of Chris, anon64893700 and others to bring this into being. I sincerely wish this new forum well. Moderation of forums is not an easy task but I like the “rainbow coalition” of moderators with different views.
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Thanks and welcome to the site!
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Many thanks for your kind words. I’m happy just to have been invited to play a part in this new venture.
Nice description of the moderation team too 
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Pleased we’ve risen to page 2 of a Google search for “se23 forum”
I’m aiming for the first page and have updated my online profiles and other websites to include links to SE23.life. It would be really helpful if you know of local bloggers to encourage them to write a small piece on SE23.life with a link. I can provide a press release, traffic analytics data showing the growth, and high-res / vector images if required.
Tweets linking to /se23.life are also really helpful - thanks in particular to @pauline, @anon64893700, @Kate, @StDavid, @thirstforwine and @PeckhamLido for sharing this forum with their followers 
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I’m going to be doing my own blog of it soon. Just to add my opinion. Not massive but can’t resist doing one.
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Big thumbs up from me on the new forum, just found out about it from Pauline! Nice to see people use technology well, change and progress is a good thing. 
Not sure how I missed it on Facebook though…
Will try to do my bit for promoting it to local friends.
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Add a profile pic so you can get verified x
voila!
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Great stuff @thirstforwine - your blog must have been really popular when you posted more frequently to it in the past - it has a great Google ranking.
I was looking through the old posts. Is this one (back in 2008!) related to the building work you and @anon64893700 are now posting on SE23.life?
Wasn’t fun I can tell you. I have lots of pictures too lol
That’s brilliant progress on Google.