I think new registration is closed because of the amount of spam/bot accounts that sign up. We don't see them but they destroy the suggestion thread. A new user would have to email a mod, which isn't goin to happen. One of two things need to happen: 1) A new admin steps in and deals with the tech issues along with a few new mods. Frylock, Nom, Nett, Aetius, Blue Dog, don't come around anymore. Or 2) It spins off into a third iteration of TIB and this version just putters out. Without either, it's over.
Re: Full Upright Position Her belly button is weird. Can't someone convince Nettdaddy to come back for 15 minutes and fix the tech issues? Someone posted his reddit account. Can any redditers get ahold of him? I mean he didn't leave in some huff because someone/everyone pissed him off right? Dcc just locked him in her dungeon.
Well, there's also not going to be any growth unless someone allows Google to index the board pages to start turning up in search results, or advertises the board's presence. Right now there's no way to discover the board at all, so it's just going to slowly leak members. Turning on registration or fixing the technical issues doesn't help that. It's too bad - the tech problems are addressable. A little database purging of all the moderated/invisible members and posts would clean house, and replacing the current CAPTCHAs with Q&A or custom ones would fix a majority of spam registrations. We're talking a few hours of work.
Shit, I'd donate just to get a bigger inbox. None of the messages are important but I hate going through and deleting stuff. It's just how I roll. Plus, I ended up deleting something awhile back I wanted to keep. That Smoothie King recipe is gone forrreverrrrrr!
Speaking as someone who hasn't posted here in a long while, for my part, it has nothing to do with a lack of interest in coming here--quite the opposite, actually. I read through this board on a daily basis, but it's while I'm on the train going to work, and I'm on my phone. Posting from my phone is a pain in the dick, so I tend not to. Plus, you can't unlock your phone on the train without some nosy shithead checking out what you're doing. By the time I get home at night, crack a beer, and eat dinner, it's 9:00 and I'm spending time with the wife before we go to bed and start it all over. I was much more active on this board when I had a job with my own office where I could burn hours on company time posting here and no one batted an eye. Now, I work in what is essentially an open pit and I'm actually being used to my full potential, so I don't have the time I used to. I've always enjoyed this place and I'll definitely miss it if it disappears, but I just don't have the time to contribute like I used to. And just for good measure: Cue the "...and who the hell is this guy, again?" questions...
To prevent the board from croaking a slow death... A realistic open question from everyone: What are everyone's thoughts if the board evolved into a new version of TIB? Would you use it? My self a few other members have been talking and we're thinking of relaunching it. A few reasons for this: 1) We need an active admin who can manage the code and database flushing needed (basically what Nettdata used to do.) This would allow for open registration. 2) The Advice Board is a wasted resource when it's only locked to mods. A new one would have a fully open one. 3) The suggestion thread is flooded with spam. A full cleanse will revitalize this and allow for new threads much more often or even daily. With a new board, nothing would change rules-wise, etc. and it's would be essentially the same with some updates. Mods, at least the active ones, would stay constant. And this is not an open mutiny against this TIB in any regard. Buy in from the current regs and mods is very essential as well. The most important thing is, would you (the members) be interested in this? Or are people okay letting this place run it's course? It has to be a good majority of people supporting it. Splitting the difference and members between two boards without support could kill this place off even faster.
I'll follow the funny. If it stays here, I'll stay here. If it leaves, I'll leave with it. I agree we need new blood. While I appreciate the work that the admins did, and the few remaining mods do, they all seem to have moved on to other things and left this place to wither on the vine. Juice is right - we either need new administration around this place, or we need to start fresh. I'm okay with either option. Having said that, I'll share a small anecdote that is unrelated to the above. My brother's band was playing a gig in a little bar in Toronto last night, and like good groupies, my parents and I went along to the show. The place wasn't too busy but the band played really well. After a few hours, we started noticing a serious increase in the number of androgynous women in skinny jeans and hipster glasses loitering around the joint. Now, my mom is a lovely lady, but she is anything but subtle. "Who invited the lesbians?" she shouted into my ear. It turns out that my brother's band was sharing the stage with another up-and-coming group who asked to play a set. An all-female group who brought an entourage of fans that exceeded the fire code of the bar by 50 people. As they took the stage, I hit the bathroom leaving my parents in their seats, unable to vacate due to the sudden insurgence of asymmetrical hair cuts, airbrushed cat shirts, plaid and iPhones. I tried to make my way back but couldn't, so I bailed to the patio for some fresh air. From that patio, I got to witness this band's first (and only) set. Two songs and one "encore". The first song, titled "FUCK YOU SLUT" was screamed at a decibel level that could have shattered plate glass. The second song, a "ballad" in the key of "God, I wish I was deaf" was also screamed/howled/mewed (yes, she mewed into the microphone). I could make out only the lyrics "You fucking cunt, you fucking cunt, I wish you were dead, you fucking cunt". Their encore performance was a more up-tempo compilation, where all the members of the band simply stood on the stage and chanted "FUCK. FUCK. FUCK." at the top of their voices. I think it was an art piece. After they left, taking their 100 fans with them, I collected what remained of my normally dignified family and we left. On our way to the car, my nearly-70-year-old father turned to me and said "Do you think that was a joke? What the hell was that?". My mother just clung to me and shook her head. "I didn't see a single mother from that band. Oh, the shame." That was my Friday night.
I am all for moving to a new board or contributing a little bit (unfortunately, I can't give a lot) to keep this one going, provided we get new administrators in place.
Depends. Would there be a TiBer thread? i.e. Best thread on the board. Also, can we copy that whole thread to the new board? Priorities. Sure. I'd do it. Where else can I go to say the things I can't say in polite company? Sometimes it sucks being a respectable member of society. Don't laugh. I am! This also makes me laugh (after the dude singing):
The framework already exists here, we just need the powers that be to elevate sufficiently skilled mods to address the clear issues. I don't have the technical skills to be of any utility, but I am certain that some here do. Is Kojak still the site owner? He is a bright and reasonable guy, I am sure that he would be open to having active caretakers, IF he can be found. If he can't be contacted, does Shegirl have the ability to promote/empower the new mods? Also, who DOES have the skill set to make the needed technical changes here? IWSJ? Binary?
I'm on board for fixing shit. If we shook out the bugs and did a little TiB relaunch, the amount of time this domain has been active would yield some good google indexing. Honestly, with the right owners/admin, this place would flourish. That said, if we can't get the current people "running" the site to give it up, I'd be more than happy to help out both actively and financially to start up a new TiB. This is one of three boards I visit and it would leave a void in my internets if it were gone for good.
The problem is there are some things that need doing that won't be covered by moderator duties, but by access to the back end (server & database). That's a little different issue than simply making someone a board admin. In any event, I emailed Nettdata since I had exchanged emails with him once upon a time and had his address. Not sure who's in charge any more but that's the only email I had.
Well. Apparently, I've been away from the business environment longer then I thought. Yesterday was "Casual Friday" in the office. To me, this means I can wear Levis, Reeboks, & a golf shirt, which I did. A co-worker wore a halter top and a small, waist length faux fur jacket. Picture a street walker in a 1970's crime drama. Got that visual in your head? Good. Now imagine that street walker is a guy. Uh, yeah. It was like some kind of nightmare Halloween. I don't give a damn what a person's sexual preference is, but c'mon in no universe is that appropriate office attire. I knew going in that I was taking a job in a field that had a lot of gay people and I'm fine with that. Whatever floats your boat, ya' know? I mean seriously...I don't take "Casual Friday" to mean I can come in wearing full camo, a boonie hat, and eye black. So don't wear shit that makes you look like something I climb a tree stand to shoot at. Sheesh.
If you go around shooting things dressed in halter tops and fake fur jackets, you've got way bigger things to worry about than appropriate office attire.
All that I care about is this, what we have, carrying on in some way. It's worth the effort to do it however people feel. I don't know of a site I enjoy more than TiB. The last thing I want is that ending, so a friendly discussion wouldn't be a bad idea.
I'm in the same boat. I like it here. Obviously things have been very slow lately due to technical issues and no new members. I'd like to see more members, fresh blood, all that jazz. Ultimately, I'd prefer it stay here, however that happens. I'd like to offer my help, but I'm pretty useless technically. I think the mods here have been far better than anywhere else I've ever posted, but I suspect real life gets involved, they get busy and have other pressing matters that are far more important. The result has been predictable, things around here need to get attended to, and I suspect the folks that have the ability to do it don't have the time. I would hate to see this place go away. There's a lot of good posters and content here that I would miss sorely in my internet life (in fact, I only post to a coin collecting forum and a Dark Souls II forum, so yeah, we don't need to discuss that...). That said, I'm down with whatever, but I'd like to keep posting/reading with the regulars around here. I'm selfish that way, no one's bothered to tell me to fuck off, so I stick around. Like a stray cat you fed once last September.
You guys are going to re-launch elsewhere? Won't that be like the sixth time it's happened in TMMB history?