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| Thread ID: 133081 | 2013-05-27 00:26:00 | PC World Chat will close this Friday | Siobhan Keogh (16063) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1343418 | 2013-05-27 09:45:00 | do you allow homos Yes, of course. Your attempts to annoy or get a reaction out of me are humorous at best. |
goodiesguy (15316) | ||
| 1343419 | 2013-05-27 09:54:00 | Yes, of course. Your attempts to annoy or get a reaction out of me are humorous at best.just seeing how tolerant the mods are in the last week, just like the last week of school | plod (107) | ||
| 1343420 | 2013-05-27 09:58:00 | Not sure it's possibly to get exact figures on that because it's lumped in with the rest of the website. I had a look in the admin console but can't find anything specific - I will ask around tomorrow. What I do know is that we make next to nothing on ads, and many of our users use ad block. Anyway, the hosting costs aren't the only reason we're getting rid of Chat, so it doesn't really matter - we still have to abide by Fairfax policy and pre-approve everything, while eliminating stuff that could be construed as cyber bullying, hate speech, etc. which still creates more work than we can handle without increasing costs, even if we take on other mods. The legal risk is as much a problem as the cost. I thought I'd made that pretty clear so it's not really a Red Herring...Mightn't matter to you, but it matters to me if Im considering registering a domain name and setting up a forum board where people here can be a community and talk and get close to instant help for their pc issues by people with 100s of combined years of knowledge and experience. Dont care about the advert impressions or whats made out of them, its not about the money so much as providing people here with a service but I only have a limited amount of monthly bandwidth which is why I was asking. I know very well the closing of the chat isnt to do with hosting costs, its just being used as part of the excuse to try and justify it. Sad part is that they are silly enough to think that getting rid of chat and pre-approving posts that they are going to retain all the members and cut the work down for moderators. Where ever these people end up, do you really think they will come back here for help or ask for it where they are with thier friends. The chat is a big part of what keeps this community together, people have built up trust and friendships that go back years - not that fairfax care, because that doesnt make them enough dollars. |
Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1343421 | 2013-05-27 10:04:00 | To put it bluntly with out chat being here i have no reason to be here..................so 10 years of being here has just gone down the gurgler.......... cos when its gone on friday......sadly so will i be gone............. you wont allow OT in pf1 so ive no reason to stay. cos i dont know anything enuf to be a helpful geek. im always one of the ones in distress here. or just hanging out in chat and google+ wont allow just my username.......... and i dont really want to give out all those other details to the world either............ :( but am willing to look at options......... |
beetle (243) | ||
| 1343422 | 2013-05-27 10:05:00 | Mightn't matter to you, but it matters to me if Im considering registering a domain name and setting up a forum board where people here can be a community and talk and get close to instant help for their pc issues by people with 100s of combined years of knowledge and experience . Dont care about the advert impressions or whats made out of them, its not about the money so much as providing people here with a service but I only have a limited amount of monthly bandwidth which is why I was asking . I know very well the closing of the chat isnt to do with hosting costs, its just being used as part of the excuse to try and justify it . Sad part is that they are silly enough to think that getting rid of chat and pre-approving posts that they are going to retain all the members and cut the work down for moderators . Where ever these people end up, do you really think they will come back here for help or ask for it where they are with thier friends . The chat is a big part of what keeps this community together, people have built up trust and friendships that go back years - not that fairfax care, because that doesnt make them enough dollars . i will go as far to say the chat forum is the busier of the two . |
plod (107) | ||
| 1343423 | 2013-05-27 10:06:00 | @ beetle in G+ you can add a nickname in addition to your real name to make it easier for other to find you just go to your profile, click on the banner to change your name, then more, then add you nickname, set it to display how you want and you're done . here's the G+ community . google . com/u/0/communities/107224911503332249890" target="_blank">plus . google . com |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 1343424 | 2013-05-27 10:06:00 | To put it bluntly with out chat being here i have no reason to be here..................so 10 years of being here has just gone down the gurgler.......... cos when its gone on friday......sadly so will i be gone............. you wont allow OT in pf1 so ive no reason to stay. cos i dont know anything enuf to be a helpful geek. im always one of the ones in distress here. or just hanging out in chat and google+ wont allow just my username.......... and i dont really want to give out all those other details to the world either............ :( but am willing to look at options.........try goodiesguy link beetle, maybe Ian comes up with something |
plod (107) | ||
| 1343425 | 2013-05-27 10:10:00 | A pity. I have just renewed my PC World subscription. | gradebdan (2186) | ||
| 1343426 | 2013-05-27 10:16:00 | Yes, of course. Your attempts to annoy or get a reaction out of me are humorous at best.joined | plod (107) | ||
| 1343427 | 2013-05-27 10:21:00 | 5016 | pcuser42 (130) | ||
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