Hello all.
This is an OT thread, so turn back all ye who enter for on-topic
discussions.
So, what's all this about?
BLUF: Dinky's decided to bow out of the forums completely. This has
forced me to start taking notice of forum things for the first time in a
long time, so I'm seeking your input as to what to do with them.
Some background...
Moderating the forums and their upkeep is a PITA frankly (clunky old
software and customisations). I've stepped back from moderating most
things for years and Dinky was doing all that - usually clonking users
with the ban hammer for violating the extensive forum rules.
Well we're back to my original rules now and Dinky has removed all bans
they imposed, as well as opened up closed or deleted threads.
So the future...
Some of the things I'm thinking about doing are:
1) Take the forums offline.
I like this as it's easy and lazy and free. I don't like it as it
removes a big resource for the community.
2) I close the forums to new threads/posts but keep it online.
This is great for keeping the resource accessible to the community, it's
a PITA for maintenance and ongoing costs (it ain't free to host the
forums).
3) Getting some moderators in and limping along until the inevitable BBC
changes can get_iplayer altogether or the maintainer stops working on it
etc etc. Same drawbacks as number 2 but keeps up access for the less
techincally minded to post somewhere about their issues.
So...
I guess this message is to guage how much people would care/not care if
I just closed the forums. I don't particularly mind figuring out a way
to close them but keep online for google searches etc. Nor do I mind if
some mods want to come in to keep the lights on for a while.
I made the forum in the first place so get_iplayer could reach a
different audience than found here. So maybe this isn't the best place
to ask :-) But figured you folks had had your hats in the ring for so
long your opinions/ideas should be heard.
Happy Easter to you all!
SP
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