I suppose the only advice one can give are things one would do in that situation. I've build many great popular things on other people's turf/platforms of whic

I suppose the only advice one can give are things one would do in that situation. I've build many great popular things on other people's turf/platforms of which nothing remains. I have a wp blog too since the beginning! We tried to rebuild our lost communities there. Then akismet started banning people for posting comments with links and I discovered it has no appeal mechanism. Meet the new boss..