Oh my. BGG goes down and the whining begins. Out come the people who always think that they know better than everyone else, no matter what the topic. :)
Pray tell how you think you know this could be run better. I didn't think so, and that's even excluding this comment you made... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=the%20proof%20is%20in%20the%20pudding On Sunday, January 13, 2013 5:46:08 PM UTC-6, LaToya Johnson wrote: > > And before all the apologists chime in with what we've heard ad nauseum… > > Yes, we know the site is custom coded. > > Yes, we know the site is run on it's own self funded servers. > > Yes, we know that you think we should just be grateful for such a great > resource and if we don't like the downtime we should go find someplace else. > > Yes, we know that even with donations that rival THOUSANDS of sites which > cater to many times the amount of traffic and members this is run by just a > few people who are dedicated to it full time and depend on it for their > livelihood. > > Yada yada yada > > You know what? None of that changes the fact that with the amount of > downtime THIS site has, it's simply being managed poorly and poor choices > are being made by someone. > > There are massive communities that are managed entirely by nothing but a > volunteer army and with a budget far smaller that run infinitely smoother > and with far less unscheduled downtime. (and yes, that includes those > custom coded from the ground up) > > If that can be done by folks in their spare time away from their "real" > jobs, sorry I'm not going to give extra kudos to those who make a full time > living at this (whether it's meager or not) that can't manage to provide > uptime comparable to massive communities run by mere hobbyists. > > It's just a shame that such a wonderful resource loved by so many people > is obviously being mismanaged. > > I can live with not having access to a hobby related forum for a few > hours, days, or even weeks but that doesn't change the fact that whoever is > making the executive decisions here needs to invite some others to lend a > hand that know how to manage the site better than they do. > > The proof is in the pudding, and no amount of apologism is going to change > the fact that the uptime here is pitiful compared to virtually every other > independently run community of equal or greater size I've come across in > the last 10 years online. > > Aldie would rather be watching the NFL? Boo hoo. So long as BGG is paying > his cable bill, if he's having to give up the game, whose fault is that? > This amount of downtime goes way beyond "sh!t happens", because for some > magical reason THIS MUCH sh!t just doesn't seem to happen to any other site > I know anywhere else on teh intertubes. > > So do spare me the "entitled" and "love it or leave it" and "go start your > own site" mantras. I do give financially, far more than most in fact, and > will continue to do so simply because I get value from the site during the > hours it is up. > > I love the resource that BGG is, that doesn't mean I can't be saddened and > frustrated by how poorly it's run. And it IS run poorly. There are only a > half dozen other sites I pay for the privilege of participating in. 2 with > mandatory fees, and 4 voluntarily, and all of them combined do not have > half the downtime this one does. It's shameful really, especially given how > many people DO give generously to the site. > > On Sunday, January 13, 2013 5:28:41 PM UTC-5, Wytefang wrote: >> >> I love the site, honestly, like we all do, but I don't think I've ever >> seen a site go down as much as this one. In fairness, there's a lot going >> on here with the three sites but wow. :( >> >> Might be time for some new database software or servers or something - >> clearly whatever is being used isn't cutting the mustard, so to speak. >> >> Yikes! >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/bgg_down/-/tpgAtcEjCVgJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bgg_down?hl=en.
