LoveShack.orgReviews 92

Miss loveshack.org. Was on it 8 years. Became too busy with becoming a podiatrist to post any more, nor did I need loveshack anymore for my 3 year relationship which is still going strong. I did however just love reading about other situations, I learnt so much, I learnt such key fundamental dating tools that lead me to meeting the right guy in the end. It really reinforced good dating standards.

Just wanted to say goodbye.

From Leigh 87.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S6vlu1FRaic&time_continue=339

The woman on the video reminds me of some of the women who frequent that site. Heres an excerpt: The guy Im dating better give me his Facebook or else Im dumping him. If he doesnt give me his Facebook then hes probably hiding something. Hes a liar and a cheat. No wonder youre single. Here are the facts: You're old, and getting older, your competition is much younger, hotter and is sweet, has more personality and education than you and not a pain in the $#*! like you. Youre at Loveshack criticizing men for going after younger women hah. Better stock up on cat food es. Its gonna be a very, very long winter.

I joined LS back in 2005 when i needed relationship answers. It really helped me in some ways. Yet too many posters were younger and not even married, and they still joined in with advice.

For ten years, I enjoyed the camaraderie and debates in the many forums. I gave my opinions and advice. Hopefully it helped someone.

Then it seemed to change. Fewer members who were knowledgeable gave advice and more who were biased did. I never had problems with the mods. I liked William and Art and a couple of others.

Today I went there after not posting for many months. I see it is gone. I admit that it does make me sad. There were many good members there, and I made many friends. Some I still communicate with today via email.

It truly was a good forum in its day.

I am really sad that loveshack is gone i have been a member since 2007>im really hoping that no one has died and that some sort of statement can be made to know exactly why loveshack is no more... i would love to know why... maybe they are just hunting for another domain... i have also been a paid member of the site... i support what i believe in... and i believed in loveshack... there were solid caring funny posters on there... and i myself enjoyed trying to make someone felt understood or cared about,... i don't know where ill go now to find another site to join or belong to... ill miss the peoples who posted there,... maybe theres a forum for people who are getting over forum closure without apology or reason... ill google it...: 0) good luck love shackers who come here to say goodbye... hugs from me to you. Signing out after 11 years... ellipses and all... todreaminblue... aka... deb... xo.

It used to be a site I couldn't stay away from, but it became very boring and with the heavy handed moderation. Especially since this last presidential election.

Not only were we stifled (even on the political forum) - but I began to loose interest because others were not allowed to express themselves completely - or had to watch what they said.

Post after post of Trump bashing or America bashing was (however) permitted.

We appreciated your posts Carhill, but would have loved it more had you and yours allowed others to post as well. And without threatening members posting privileges.

I would guess LS had the most rigidity on conservative politics' posting than any other site. Ridiculous. Reasons were under the guise of 'off topic' or talking about the previous (Obama) administration when asked not too, etc.

Probably, members would report posts to mods that they didn't agree with. And attach it to LS reasoning.

I posted there for 5 years, and I have a soft spot for it. It certainly had its legitimate issues, but some posters really helped me during a rough time in my life. Towards the end, I enjoyed the forums that were not related to relationships. I liked the political and religious forums and had some really good conversations with some people.

The moderation definitely had favorites. There was no doubt about that. I figured the forum would go away one day because there were only two moderators. I wonder if they didn't want the site to go bust, so they could get away from it. My big regret is not getting the emails of a few people to keep up with them.

Longtime member here and a controversial one at that lol... I miss the people, although knew the site would go down one way or the other due to lack of interest and major partiality from some of the mods. Some were forced to walk on eggshells, per se, because it felt like every word was being monitored and critiqued.

At one time most of the sections/forums were really fast paced, but about a year after Tony left it got really weird and most of the forums hardly moved at all. Moderation seemed to be acting on their mood that day or week- good mood meant everyone could speak freely, bad mood meant everyone was banned. I noticed major partiality, meaning various mods would let the people they liked slide and those with the same beliefs always got a free pass. Anyway, the extremism concerning moderation, not moderating those who really needed it (the extremely rude, crude and socially unacceptable) and constant moderation with those really trying to keep with the VERY confining unusual 'rules'.

What really irritated me the most was the 'off topic' moderations. Wow they were completely overboard with this one... many, many great conversations were ruined and God forbid you deviated slightly from the topic and it was a bad day for the mod on duty, you were banned... unfortunately most felt oppressed and when that was communicated by the members, they were told that it's a big internet out there.

To note, my review says 'average', but I think most of the members were beyond exceptional and I did hear rumors that the reason the site is down is due to the passing of the owner/operator. No one is really sure though and I hope this is not the case.

I know my 'review' sounds more like a rant, and it is, but want to say I learned a lot over the years from the members. I wish the very best for all of the members and hope all is well

I stumbled on the Loveshack forums around 2011, and the info from others' life experience and advice there helped me to relearn relationship behavior and analyzation, leading me through a lot of difficult personal self-examination and eventually to a very healthy relationship:)

Of the several relationship forums I read and contributed to, this one was the most active and wide-ranging. I didn't agree with everyone's thoughts, but the majority of posters were obviously contemplative adults, which I really appreciated.

It was of course a narrow view into human psychology, but a valuable one for me. It was so much more interesting and productive to spend minutes or hours there during a week than Facebook, and I now I miss it as part of my life.

Features I especially liked were the 'like' button for each post which provided encouraging feedback and a reference if you weren't sure advice was worthwhile that others did or didn't think it was worthwhile, the easily navigable main menu, and the many separate topic boards. There were rarely any spam messages left up more than a few minutes - only real questions and real replies, and a few lonely or trollish posters (who are still real people, not advertising bots). It was quite rare to go a day without a thread being replied to many times - and typically several new threads were begun each day. A very active board :)

I was a member for some years until it crashed or died for good in late march 2018.

I was quite enthusiastic first, the forum then seemed like a mostly good community. Some pretty blunt and direct posters -- if you said something out of the line or plain dumb, but no worse than other forums on the internet.

I was also moderated fairly often, I was put in the cooler a couple times for profanity though never aimed at anyone, then I learned about the very strict policy of William and Robert to never use cuss words. All good, so far. I was barely moderated for the last year I was there.

Some genuine and insightful members contributed over the years, others were bullies, probably unhappy with their own lives and ten of thousands posts on an obscure vBulletin forum that was probably going to die someday, since PAUL (Founder) abandonned the ship many years back anyway and never seemed to care much about his own site anymore.

Not going to further bash William or Robert, they did a good job at getting rid of trolls, spammers. I don't know how or why the site died, but it's a closed chapter for me, even if it's back someday.

Kind of bummed I didn't think to save some of my better posts, but I didn't think the site would just vanish the way it has.

I enjoyed connecting with a few people on the forum after I joined during the summer of 2015. I was still reeling from some heartbreak, so reading the accounts of others going through similar situations was comforting in a way. While my own heartbreak became more of a memory than a daily thing to deal with, I stuck around the forums and became a regular contributor.

It was a nice feeling to know others found some value in my posts, as I would often get private messages from people letting me know as much. I don't think the mods agreed, though, as I was the recipient of more than a handful of moderator-imposed posting limitations.

I began to drift away from the forum late last year, in part because I grew frustrated with how often my posts were edited or outright deleted by moderators. I understand the need to maintain civil discourse, but it often felt like the mod team took that aspect far too seriously, often shielding anyone from well-meaning tough love.

The final straw for me was having a post deleted and my posting privileges restricted for a week without any sort of explanation from the mods. Having your posts go through a mod filter and then often appearing a half day later when the conversation had moved well past the talking point made contributing a pointless exercise.

If this really is the end of the forum, then I'm grateful it served as something of a sanctuary for me during those early days and allowed me to maybe help or amuse others in the years that followed. Still, the sanctions imposed by the mods made the place increasingly difficult to contribute to, and I feel like maybe it's best to move on for good, even if the forums do return.

That's very funny. William banned me because I told the ugly truth to someone. He sent me a very rude email, getting stuck into me after I had the audacity to point out that someone was acting like a loser because she was running around after a married guy. He completely misinterpreted my post, his comprehension skills were very limited. That's extremely funny that the site has died. I hope William reads what people have said about him here, he is a 5 star $#*!head.

Loveshack is no more. Perhaps all the negative reviews here killed it?

I liked some of the more philosophical and political discussions, and enjoyed engaging with people I didn't always agree with. That's where a site like LS can excel - in more general discussions about relationships, life and philosophy. I think people seeking advice tailored to their specific situation often ended up regretting putting their very personal stuff out there.

Was never a fan of Carhill/William. Various regulars gave him the nickname of "Carbundy" after he went through a phase of using pictures of Ted Bundy for his avatar. Every so often, I'd see a post from him where he'd express a wish to see the herd of humanity thinned out by some great plague or atrocity. Well, he certainly thinned out the herd on LS... and I'm not surprised to see that the site has finally died a death.

It's a shame it's completely disappeared though. Back in the day, before WillCarbundy took over and started banning anybody who swore, said anything remotely sarcastic or ventured a fraction outside the strict parameters he applied to discussions, some pretty great conversations and the odd bit of fun drama happened on that forum. Posters on it became real life friends, some even got married... so it's sad that it ended on such a low note.

I have been a long time member of LS. Almost a decade. I joined with a simple question and stayed there for 9 years. For the most part I had a decent experience. That is until a new batch of Moderators were hired and showed themselves as agenda driven SJW wannabes... which would be ok if they actually did their jobs and moderate troll instead of people getting solid real world advice. Discourse and spirited conversation has been replaced by political correctness on steroids. Even innocuous posts are subject to editing by these fools. I also noticed that those who were "Supporting Members" (aka people who actually are dumb enough to shell out money to get ad free posting) were given Carte Blanche to basically demean anyone at anytime, while a guy who has been there almost a decade like me were given short shrift with my posts being edited and or deleted due to the entirely subjective whims of the moderators. Finally after almost 10 years of giving rock solid and objective advice, the capricious and arbitrary nature of the moderation drove me away never to return. So lets review:

If you want a place where placation and blowing smoke up the dresses of people who need help, and want to become a Supporting member and pay for the privilege to toe a line of SJW groupthink, then Loveshack is the place for you. If you want to provide valuable objective advice to those in need of it, just start your own website.

The moderators killed that site.