On Saturday, March 31, 2012 9:30:20 PM UTC-6, superflat3000 wrote:
>
> BGG isn't a Mom & Pop operation anymore and hasn't been for years. It's
> "Aw, shucks, folks" attitude doesn't reflect the reality of its use by the
> users or owners.
> From IT to the Admins (apologies), BGG needs to grow out of the buddy
> system to something resembling a social network in the teens of the 21st
> Century.
> The only reason this downtime is acceptable is there's really nowhere else
> to go.
> That's part of the problem. If there was somewhere else to go, this
> wouldn't happen.
>
> Am I angry? You bet. I can't think of anywhere else on the internet that
> this would be acceptable.
>
I agree that after the current crisis has been averted and the people doing
the averting have been able to catch up on the sleep and other things then
it will be time for a rethink about what we as a group expect from BGG and
what we as a group are willing to do to help make BGG meet our
expectations.
>From my point of view, BGG is still kind of like a Mom & Pop operation
which is probably its main attraction for me. If it becomes massively
commercialized like Facebook and other major social networks then I'm outa
here. An outage this long was not intended. I think it is clear to
everyone that it is not a good situation. I'm reminded of a quote by
Ambrose Bierce:
"You acted unwisely," I cried, "as you see
By the outcome." He calmly eyed me:
"When choosing the course of my action," said he,
I had not the outcome to guide me."
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