I am so thankful I found the ECF community when I started my journey into vaping after smoking for 38yrs. I am generally a shy person and do what is called "lurking" which is just watching/reading others comments in forums without interacting. Most places i checked out while researching Vaping and the various options made me feel downhearted and not want to ask questions because of how they would reference or talk about Noobs (Beginners). Some making fun of them or just totally ignoring them and it almost made me give up on learning about vaping and finding what would be right for me. Then I came across ECF and watched the interactions within that community. OMG what a difference. I saw how the people in here were very friendly, took time to help each other out, and get this ( ENCOURAGED) us newbies to join in. After watching for a while and seeing that my head was not gonna get bit off for asking a NooB question I decided to give it a try. The people in this community have been so AWESOME and helpful to me that i am now 103 days Cig free and Making my own juices. The Moderators are Fantastic and take part in conversation and are a blessing for all they do to keep the forum organized, free of spammers and outside links that could potential harm the people of the Community. They are not only Fellow Vapers but they Become Family. I know I would of probably went back to cigs if it had not been for ECF and the Great people that make up the community.

THANK YOU ECF
BamaBabe4Ever

I have been a member of this forum for 3 years. I was trying to quit cigarettes, and having a PhD in Googology, thought I would do a little research first.

Oh My God! I was SO happy to find this resource. There are LITERALLY hundreds of thousands of experience vapers on this site, and almost to a MAN (or woman, and lots of very sweet ones there too! ;) ) they are all SO willing to take the time to answer your questions, suggest the proper hardware for your level of experience, and point you in all the right directions!

Over the several years I have been there, I have made. Hundreds! Of friends. Most virtual, but many I have met in person either locally, or at vape meets. There are an amazing number of VERY knowledgeable people there, from ALL walks of life. You can, and if you desire, will learn SO much about vaping, or anything else your heart desires.

I see a negative review of one of ECF's FINEST moderators above. I am sorry this person had this experience, but I am certain that if he had read the TOS of the site, he would see that there WAS an infraction and it was dealt with per policy. The site IS... what is the word I want to use. CLOSELY moderated. This is for a myriad of fabulous reasons. They want to be sure that everyone has a pleasant experience, and that nobody feels uncomfortable by hostile, or vulgar, or profane people. They are also very careful to monitor unregistered suppliers of merchandise and services. There are unscrupulous people who would make references under the guise of being helpful, when in fact they have ulterior motives of self interest. Not all may act reputably as well. ECF tries to protect their members from this kind of activity. Moderating 250,000 people is NOT an easy task.

If you are a vaper, or a smoker considering vaping, you CAN NOT do better ANYWHERE on the internet in finding a source of GREAT, and copious, information and meeting amazing and wonderful people. Please come and visit, I would like to see what YOU might contribute too! Look me up, I am just another user like you will be, and my name is LouisLeBeau. You won't be disappointed!

I was just treated worse than I ever have been before by any form of website moderation in the history of website moderation. I have noticed throughout the internet on DIY sites people always asking "what is the best way to sweeten you ejuice?" So I wrote an extensive how to explaining in detail the TOP 10 best methods. The article took me hours to research and write and I felt it would be a MAJOR help in the world of smoking cessation.

About 5 minutes after I posted it, the post was removed and my account banned. There was a rotating banner that told to to write them at their support at *******@e-cigarette-forum.com, as I was writing I received an email stating that my post "contained business discussions." (which it did not in any way - it was a DIY FAQ/tutorial)

I emailed them and explained in my article I clearly stated, "Also note: I am not an employee of representative of any of the website links I provide but just sharing where I have ordered from and received a quality product."

To which "*******@e-cigarette-forum.com" $#*!edly replied:

I checked the infraction report.

You are an unregistered supplier discussing your business:
"I figured I would go ahead and offer up my professional 2¢ on the subject after much trial in error over the last few years of making my own commercial ejuices and mods for 3 distributors in my region."

All vendors must first be registered as supplier in order to promote/advertise their business or products on ECF within advertising threads in restricted supplier forums or running adverts. Kindly clarify as you will need to register as a supplier on ECF.

NOTE: "discussing YOUR business," - "in order to promote/advertise their business or products on ECF" -- I work for Global Security Group International LLC., on private national and international security contracts for the Department of Homeland Security and the United Nations. (What does my work have to do with E-cigarettes and that industry!? NOTHING! What did I do to promote my business.)

I then explained that they were mistaken in the semantics of the English I wrote and are citing certain verbiage and not the issue they are claiming. They are saying that I am "advertising my business in a non-registered fashion." Well my businesses I work in are:

1. International and corporate espionage
2. National and International security
3. I am a minister of a small church congregation

What does any of that have to do with e-cigarette supplies - or more specifically - "how to get a sweeter ejuice," and WHERE in my article did I promote ANY SUCH THING!?

They are clearly short on brain cells. They must've been sweetening their ejuices with liquor as I have heard truly kills brain cells fast.