If you aren't at least a little bit frustrated with ActiveRain by now, then God bless you! You must have one of those personalities where it takes forever to upset you......but once you get there, there's no going back?
Of anybody out there reading this, I promise you I have threatened my computer with being tossed out the window at least twice as many times as you have. I've cussed (nope, not proud of it, but I have), pounded the table, gritted my teeth and furrowed my brow (and you can ask anyone, I have prominant eyebrows, so they furrow with purpose) and sometimes just thrown up my hands and walked away. With the exception of Brad Andersohn, I don't know if there is anyone who spends more time on the site than I do.
I'd like to think I'm in a similar position to many of you. When ActiveRain doesn't work right, and the challenges of accessing it are beyond ones ability to deal with those challenges, we both lose clients. We lose our members as a client. You lose your next potential prospect as a client. This is BY FAR the most frustrating part of this issue.
At the same time, I believe that ActiveRain has added tremendous value to the businesses and the lives of our members. I read the posts every day. I see the personal and professional successes that people have as a result of their participation. I see the amount of knowledge shared on a daily basis. I see the stories shared by our members of new clients finding them and wanting to work with them because their post showed up at the top of the search engines. I see the support our members offer one and other when someone reaches out for help. These are all reasons that I'm still extremely proud of what ActiveRain has become and the community that has developed here.
This is me asking you to hang in there with us. Hang in there so that when these proxy errors are fixed soon, we can once again focus on providing tools that allow you to reach your next client in new and exciting ways. Hang in there so we can once again focus on sharing with each other the tools and tricks that make us a community of forward thinking real estate professionals. Hang in there so we can share in the sweet joys of success and the tear-jerking challenges of life that we so freely exchange in the Rain.
These are the reasons that you first fell in love with ActiveRain. These are the reasons that we ask you to stand by an old friend as he struggles to mature and handle his new found success (traffic).
Our developers are currently coding the new servers that recently went online. We expect to begin testing the new servers soon and begin the integration process. The team we have working on this is the best in the field and I have no question, when it's finished, we will again be able to enjoy our time together and we will all (me included) have a newfound appreciation for the reasons we choose to participate here. And believe me, we know you have a choice and we are extremey humbled that you have made the choice to include ActiveRain in your life, and your business.
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