Kentstripe wrote: I remember the old (brewersnet) forum, and it's a shame that wasn't archived. However that doesn't change the fact that this forum contains a lot of great content that documents all of the clubs ups and downs over the last 12 or 13 years. Wouldn't it be a shame to lose all that?
Many posters have contributed a lot of content, including NFR who has started 3 of the most popular threads during lockdown, and for all that to be lost for good would be a shame.
The Old TomCat wrote:
I made a recent use of Forum to check out the form of one of our former players who had moved club and their fans wanted to know all about him.
I re-read the comments made at time of his departure to give them a rounded picture of his time at TNL.
So therefore I'm in the section that want this forum archived but accessible for FGR historians.
I hate the thought that the fan's thoughts during the period of our history, when club was promoted to Football League, will be destroyed.
To be blunt it is madness to delete/remove it.
chrism wrote:Will have to find a link to the Hitler sketch and save that one!
Eco-Exile wrote:chrism wrote:Will have to find a link to the Hitler sketch and save that one!
Well deleting the threads will mean evidence of racism and misogyny from some posters is removed, which is for the best. Hopefully the new forum does not see these things posted again.
The Old TomCat wrote:Thanks Simba for agreeing that the FGR website needs some ‘attention’.
I readily admit I’m not computer literate but am staggered that Ecotricity deem it necessary to delete a working forum and replace it with something new rather than just upgrade what we already have.
I bet that solution would be less expensive.
I’m also intrigued why Ecotricity want to change the forum when it is clear that numbers of posters has fallen in staggering numbers – the same as with most other forums.
Nowadays the overwhelming majority of fans use Twitter or Facebook.
Changing the forum will not generate more subscribers but probably lose many, many of them.
In other words, ‘a waste of money’.
I also challenge your remarks that should Ecotricity mothball this forum it could become a security threat. I very much doubt it and certainly suspect it would be no more than at present.
You claim that you’ve opened this thread to ensure fans know what is happening. But nowhere have you asked the fans what they want.
The FGR website upgrade debacle should have alerted the Ecotricity programmers that the fans who actually attend matches know more about what is needed rather than some guys working in a warm office miles away from TNL.
I think you let the cat out of the bag when you mentioned the cost of running a closed forum. That I’m sure is the real reason for this wanton destruction of the fans records and reinforces my statement that the present forum should be left alone but merely upgraded.
Kentstripe wrote:Eco-Exile wrote:chrism wrote:Will have to find a link to the Hitler sketch and save that one!
Well deleting the threads will mean evidence of racism and misogyny from some posters is removed, which is for the best. Hopefully the new forum does not see these things posted again.
Wasn't racist in the slightest.
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FGRWill wrote:For those suggesting this has been rushed in to - you’re wrong! If the current forum was your boiler - it would have been condemned several years ago.
I’m afraid the way it was built, there’s no way to separate out posts from personal data - it’s over a decade later old and things have moved on.
We know people won’t all be happy with the loss of old posts - but that’s the best way forward.
The new platform gets automatically updated for security and has lots of really good new functions - including better social media integration and video.
Eco-Exile wrote:This feels like the time to ask why we have we have a Club-run forum in any case. The fact must be we are one of few, or even the only, clubs to do so. My husband thinks it is very odd!
FGRWill wrote:OTC - i’m afraid you are actually, completely wrong. Leave it online much longer and it’ll become a real security risk for your personal data - hence the decision being taken to shut it down totally. We have a responsibility to the users to keep their data safe - now that entire line of forum software has ceased, it can’t be done.