Noog Wrote:
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> While I appreciate the need to move forward (as
> others have mentioned I too am exasperated by the
> faulty search and embedding, the mailbox size and
> the dodgy scaling etc) but I have to say I'm
> becoming pretty horrified the more I read on the
> Discourse site. It comes across as an application
> more suited to one-liners, emojis, ham-fisted
> social engineering and cat pics than anything
> remotely interested in promoting in depth
> discussions about the finer details of our beloved
> racing game.
>
> As kedy89 pointed out earlier, the endless
> scrolling is extremely problematic. While it might
> work well for a three line conversation, it will
> kill a thread like Pedro's (with 92 pages and 1839
> posts as we speak) stone dead.
>
> Klausfeldmann also makes a very good point about
> data protection. Please don't underestimate the
> importance of this to some users. As someone who's
> been in and around IT (including forums and
> bulletin boards) for several decades I for one
> would never willingly allow a company like Google
> or Facebook to have access to my data, my log in
> credentials or anything else for that matter & I'd
> be very surprised if I'm the only one here who's
> suffered at the arbitrary hands of these lawless
> control freaks. For a start, who would own the
> copyright on anything you post? I repeat: don't
> underestimate the importance of what I'm saying
> here. (There's a lot more I'm NOT saying, trust
> me).
>
> Similarly, who wants to see some user-targeted ads
> on GPG? Even if you go with the cheapest $100 a
> month option I'd be very surprised if the site
> survives (again as Klaufeldmann hints) unless you
> allow the experience here to be ruined with
> annoying ads (which still won't generate anywhere
> near enough revenue given our limited reach) - but
> on the other hand, if you go with the free
> self-maintained option you'll be setting Stefan up
> for a steep learning curve. That might be fine
> with him and I'm sure he's more than up to the
> task if he wants to take it on, but what if he
> decides to call it a day down the road?
>
> Look, I'm not trying to cause alarm here. I'm just
> as keen for this wonderful site to continue as
> anyone, but in my opinion moving over to Discourse
> would be a huge mistake. Even if it didn't destroy
> the site it would undoubtedly change the essential
> nature of it, with its "Want to share a cool link
> you found? Just paste it in on a single line and
> we’ll make it awesome" and its "Encourage
> positive community behaviors through the included
> set of badges."
>
> Please no...
>
> I could go on and on and bore everyone to death,
> but instead I'll just throw this into the pot.
>
> This is not necessarily an either/or thing. As far
> as I know phpBB is still very actively maintained
> and it's very similar to the way this site is now
> in terms of look and feel, only better. Not only
> would the transition for far smoother for everyone
> to get used to, but it's completely free and has a
> big community to support Stefan, should he require
> it. Simple Machines Forum would be another
> 'familiar' option and there are several others,
> including NodeBB, which is kind of a halfway house
> between Discourse and what we have now. All free
> to use.
>
> Well, that's just my 2 cents. Much love and
> respect to you all, as always. Live long and
> prosper GPG!
This is the exact reason why I didn't want to give an opinion.
Clearly a very knowledgeable guy when it comes to this stuff and some fantastic insight there for everyone to take onboard.
Thank you Noog
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