The ESF Blog
Posted 04-02-2010 at 11:54 AM by Royal
Good day, and Welcome to ESF.
My name is Royal, and I, along with my wife, Lil Queen are your Admins.
This blog was started so that I may be able to tell you a little about ESF, what our forum phylosophy is, and how ESF came to be.
Over the past few years, I have been active on many different types of forums, and was a moderator on several of them. A couple of them with well over half a million members.
A little over a year ago, I discovered like all of us here, the e-cigarette. I found it was my way out from the clutches of big tobacco. I had smoked for 35 years and on many occasions had tried unsuccessfully to quit.
With this new device, came a lot of questions. Questions that I found answers to from others on forums about the e-cig. I became active on these forums as well, and even served as a moderator on one. But as the popularity of the e-cig grew, and so did these forums, I found to my disliking, they were quickly being taken over by those with commercial interests. And too much of what I was seeing was looking more and more like a fan site for some of the more popular suppliers. And flame wars and trolling was fast becoming the commonplace on these forums that I once called home.
This made me feel like picking up my toys and getting out of the sand box.
It was then that I decided it was time to strike out on my own. I felt a strong urge to do my part in educating the masses about our beloved e-cigs, and to help other fellow smokers to find a better alternative, or to even quit.
And to do it with little to no commercial content, I knew would come with a lot of out of pocket expenses, but to me it would be worth it, if I could create a forum that could offer both the experienced and the newbie e-cig user a place to feel at home. A place where one could post their views, questions and opinions on a subject without bias, or fear of being viewed as such, or being flamed for their views.
And so it came to be, on June 12, 2009
http://www.e-smokers-forum.com was born.
e-Smokers-forum.com is just that, it is a forum for the e-Smoker, and not the e-cigarette, so you won't find a bunch of recognized suppliers pushing their wares here. With this in mind, ESF is a bit different than the rest, but we like it this way.
ESF is also about quality over quantity. By this we mean, ESF does not care about being the biggest, but we do strive to be the best. But this doesn't mean that every post has to be informative. For it is also about meeting and making new friends who also happen to share the same interests. And there is nothing wrong with getting silly. Joking around and humor is something we all need more of in our lives. To us being the best means making all our members feel at ease, in a peaceful and friendly environment.
So pull up a chair and make yourself at home.
There's drinks in the fridge and e-juice on the table.
My name is Royal, and I, along with my wife, Lil Queen are your Admins.
This blog was started so that I may be able to tell you a little about ESF, what our forum phylosophy is, and how ESF came to be.
Over the past few years, I have been active on many different types of forums, and was a moderator on several of them. A couple of them with well over half a million members.
A little over a year ago, I discovered like all of us here, the e-cigarette. I found it was my way out from the clutches of big tobacco. I had smoked for 35 years and on many occasions had tried unsuccessfully to quit.
With this new device, came a lot of questions. Questions that I found answers to from others on forums about the e-cig. I became active on these forums as well, and even served as a moderator on one. But as the popularity of the e-cig grew, and so did these forums, I found to my disliking, they were quickly being taken over by those with commercial interests. And too much of what I was seeing was looking more and more like a fan site for some of the more popular suppliers. And flame wars and trolling was fast becoming the commonplace on these forums that I once called home.
This made me feel like picking up my toys and getting out of the sand box.
It was then that I decided it was time to strike out on my own. I felt a strong urge to do my part in educating the masses about our beloved e-cigs, and to help other fellow smokers to find a better alternative, or to even quit.
And to do it with little to no commercial content, I knew would come with a lot of out of pocket expenses, but to me it would be worth it, if I could create a forum that could offer both the experienced and the newbie e-cig user a place to feel at home. A place where one could post their views, questions and opinions on a subject without bias, or fear of being viewed as such, or being flamed for their views.
And so it came to be, on June 12, 2009
http://www.e-smokers-forum.com was born.
e-Smokers-forum.com is just that, it is a forum for the e-Smoker, and not the e-cigarette, so you won't find a bunch of recognized suppliers pushing their wares here. With this in mind, ESF is a bit different than the rest, but we like it this way.
ESF is also about quality over quantity. By this we mean, ESF does not care about being the biggest, but we do strive to be the best. But this doesn't mean that every post has to be informative. For it is also about meeting and making new friends who also happen to share the same interests. And there is nothing wrong with getting silly. Joking around and humor is something we all need more of in our lives. To us being the best means making all our members feel at ease, in a peaceful and friendly environment.
So pull up a chair and make yourself at home.
There's drinks in the fridge and e-juice on the table.
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Amen Brotha...Posted 07-02-2010 at 05:42 AM by lordmage
