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Where Did It All Go Wrong?

HenryGartenHenryGarten Posts: 24,800
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With the news that DS will be downsizing it might be pertinent to ask "Where did it all go wrong?"

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  • anne_666anne_666 Posts: 72,891
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    No idea, what does the downsizing consists of?
  • HenryGartenHenryGarten Posts: 24,800
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    From soaps
  • RebelScumRebelScum Posts: 16,008
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    June 2006
  • muggins14muggins14 Posts: 61,844
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    anne_666 wrote: »
    No idea, what does the downsizing consists of?

    Nothing that we know of regarding the forums as yet, but we may as well start running around ringing our hands and assuming the worst now, just in case :p
  • HenryGartenHenryGarten Posts: 24,800
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    muggins14 wrote: »
    Nothing that we know of regarding the forums as yet, but we may as well start running around ringing our hands and assuming the worst now, just in case :p

    I think that not repairing the forum has been a clue to what has been going on. A partially broken forum is a lot less satisfying than a totally functional one.
  • anne_666anne_666 Posts: 72,891
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    muggins14 wrote: »
    Nothing that we know of regarding the forums as yet, but we may as well start running around ringing our hands and assuming the worst now, just in case :p

    Here we are. Pass it round, caring is sharing:cool:
  • St DabeocSt Dabeoc Posts: 3,936
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    everyone should turn their ad-blocker off
  • stud u likestud u like Posts: 42,100
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    St Dabeoc wrote: »
    everyone should turn their ad-blocker off

    I can't stand adverts. I don't watch television as it is full of them.
  • anne_666anne_666 Posts: 72,891
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    St Dabeoc wrote: »
    everyone should turn their ad-blocker off

    And get even worse motion sickness, no thanks.
  • LuckyPierreLuckyPierre Posts: 983
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    Started at birth, pretty much all downhill from there on in, really.

    If you mean about DS, search me. The creation of Facebook, possibly.
  • HenryGartenHenryGarten Posts: 24,800
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    LuckyPierre wrote: »
    Started at birth, pretty much all downhill from there on in, really.

    If you mean about DS, search me. The creation of Facebook, possibly.

    Facebook certainly has had detrimental effect on conventional forums.
  • HenryGartenHenryGarten Posts: 24,800
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    St Dabeoc wrote: »
    everyone should turn their ad-blocker off

    Maybe people would pay a fee for an ad free experience?
  • muggins14muggins14 Posts: 61,844
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    anne_666 wrote: »
    Here we are. Pass it round, caring is sharing:cool:

    Last time I opened somebody's photobucket it was some screwdrivers and pictures of boobs :D

    Your photo's upside down ;)

    (I do know it's meant to be :D)
  • muggins14muggins14 Posts: 61,844
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    HenryGarten wrote: »
    Maybe people would pay a fee for an ad free experience?

    I did pay a fee when I joined, £5 back in the day!
  • muggins14muggins14 Posts: 61,844
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    HenryGarten wrote: »
    Facebook certainly has had detrimental effect on conventional forums.

    I really have never understood how. You comment on something, or even reply to something somebody has said, you wait hours, or days, for a reply - it's hardly as immediate as these forums can be!
  • HenryGartenHenryGarten Posts: 24,800
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    muggins14 wrote: »
    I really have never understood how. You comment on something, or even reply to something somebody has said, you wait hours, or days, for a reply - it's hardly as immediate as these forums can be!

    It can be a lot more immediate than DS. It depends on the size of the group. I saw a Facebook page recently that the comments were moving so quickly you could not read them.
  • anne_666anne_666 Posts: 72,891
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    muggins14 wrote: »
    Last time I opened somebody's photobucket it was some screwdrivers and pictures of boobs :D

    Your photo's upside down ;)

    (I do know it's meant to be :D)

    If you're not you need to sniff harder..:kitty:

    Screwdrivers and boobs? Sounds painful.
  • HenryGartenHenryGarten Posts: 24,800
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    muggins14 wrote: »
    I did pay a fee when I joined, £5 back in the day!

    Wasn't that to do with Hotmail type e-mails? For years online e-mail addresses were not allowed. Then they decided to allow them provided one paid a fee of £5 Then for whatever reason they decided to stop this.
  • RobinOfLoxleyRobinOfLoxley Posts: 27,040
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    1979.
  • NoxyNoxy Posts: 5,578
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    Can't say I'm remotely surprised. DS has been a dysfunctional hot mess for about three years now. They don't listen to feedback, and they react to criticism by locking threads, deleting threads or banning members etc. They are really clueless these days.
  • grimtales1grimtales1 Posts: 46,695
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    HenryGarten wrote: »
    I think that not repairing the forum has been a clue to what has been going on. A partially broken forum is a lot less satisfying than a totally functional one.

    I'd rather the search function in the forum was fixed for a start, its useless.
  • anne_666anne_666 Posts: 72,891
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    RobinOfLoxley wrote: »
    1979.

    Juggle the numbers and

    1997
  • ElyanElyan Posts: 8,781
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    St Dabeoc wrote: »
    everyone should turn their ad-blocker off

    I would if the ads weren't so invasive and disruptive.

    Before I enabled ad blocker on this site, I was getting all sorts of pop ups - some of which were loud with audio -, I was getting ads that would lock themselves in the middle of the screen and refuse to go away no matter what I did, and I had the pages freezing.

    All in all a right pain in the arse, and impossible to use the forum, never mind enjoy it..
  • muggins14muggins14 Posts: 61,844
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    Elyan wrote: »
    I would if the ads weren't so invasive and disruptive.

    Before I enabled ad blocker on this site, I was getting all sorts of pop ups - some of which were loud with audio -, I was getting ads that would lock themselves in the middle of the screen and refuse to go away no matter what I did, and I had the pages freezing.

    All in all a right pain in the arse, and impossible to use the forum, never mind enjoy it..
    I think people are pouncing on blaming ad-blockers for any potential loss of the forum when really a) we don't know that the forum is going anywhere as yet and b) we don't know that advertising loss through ad-blockers is the reason even if it does close down! I imagine there would be a bit more to it than that.
  • Zeropoint1Zeropoint1 Posts: 10,917
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    Yep, turn off your ad blocker and enjoy the experience of the page bouncing around as it attempts to load at dial up speeds. Gaze in wonder as numerous audio and video adverts all load together and finally sit through a shut down and reboot as it crashes your system.
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