We had a board for five years and they just deleted us without warning. We were a small close knit community and they didn't care. They also kept the dollars we paid to make the board ad free."
-Missy (?). February 5, 2011 01:55
"Well, they removed our forum without warning because we realised that we had no way to reasonably comply with the ToS, and thus were looking to back up the old content prior to moving, based on the catch-all "we can do whatever the hell we like, and f**k you" clause in their ToS.
So, now, we've lost six years worth of posts, including a lot of fanfics and RPing, just because they suddenly noticed that a forum discussing an adult series might have some adult content, without giving us any chance to move on. It's fair enough that their ToS forbid such things, but they should at least have the decency to allow us to back up our forum before they erase it."
-Anonymous (?), Fri March 11, 2011 20:18
"What a dickhead........they removed my forum as well...no warning nothing...it was not violating any T&S PROBOARDS ARE THE WORST HOST EVER And have ZERO CUSTOMER SERVICE"
-Anonymous (?), Mon August 15, 2011 20:56
"Deleting sites without giving them a chance to back up what they contained, not giving the 48 hours they promised in cases like breaking the ToS, and generally being hyporcrites who say they are not "putting the gun on your head and saying: "Do it or else!", while they are, in fact, doing just that...
There are lots of things I could say about ProBoards. And none of them are good. Which is because...? Because ProBoards is a sorry excuse for a hosting company with no respect for it's users whatsoever...Further, not only did they do all of this, but apparently they even spied on our IRC chats, and actually threatened legal action based on a non-serious post made there.
I can understand trying to uphold their ToS, but what we discuss in an off-forum IRC chat is none of their d**n business."
-Anonymous (?). March 11, 2011 21:12
"This is a terrible service, which appears to be in the habit of arbitrarily deleting long-standing forums. Think twice before you use them."
-Anonymous (?). March 14, 2011 08:30
If you want your beliefs and/or opinions disrespected and made fun of.... go here. Good luck!
-Lady (?). July 15, 2011 14:39
"ProBoards is the worst place ever. I was there for quite a few years as a dedicated member. Then, all of a sudden, I'm banned from the entire service for a stupid reason, and they don't even try to work things out with me. Clinger and the rest of his staff are d****es, who discriminate, and I've got the proof to back it up. Aside from their discrimination, V5 has been the main topic for so long, yet there's been nothing of it.
Going back to what some others have said, PB is horrible with backup management. If a forum is deleted for an unspecified reason, PB will act like you're a threat, and not even at least open up the forum long enough to retrieve certain info from posts."
-Anonymous (?). October 6, 2011 20:54
Spend your time and brain energy somewhere else. Proboards is a drag with uber-poor administration and crappy formatting. They can do much better and should. The question is, 'Will they?'"
-Snowyflake (?). October 21, 2011 22:48
"Everything that Ivan White and Snowyflake have posted is dead on the money. Both Ivan White and Snowyflake spent many months since 19 March 2011 wrestling a ProBoards forum into excellence, both visually and content=wise, only to see the result of their hard work erased, on 4 October 2011 at approximately 23:15 GMT+1 (18:15 EDT, 15:15 PDT), with neither stated cause nor warning, by Patrick Clinger and his associates. In my opinion, ProBoards is an atrocious service, operated by people who do not care about other people, and who do not understand the concept of conducting business with honor.
I recommend that anyone currently operating a ProBoards-hosted forum immediately seek and find another host for their forum, and I also recommend that they do not communicate their intentions to ProBoards."
-RockOnBrother (?). October 23, 2011 05:51