Originally Posted by ChipDouglas82:
“If they do get rid of the forums then we'll have to all band together and create a new forum. It'll be easy just use DS as template, use a forum host such as invisionfree, get a relatively cheap host so we could get a domain name such as TheDigitalSpyForums.net or similar.. all depends on copyright etc with the Digital Spy name.
All we'd need is some reliable volunteers to be mods etc, and we'd be sorted. We could even create a feeder website and make it how DS was before they ruined it, for news etc
It would be a shit load of work, but worth it.”
“If they do get rid of the forums then we'll have to all band together and create a new forum. It'll be easy just use DS as template, use a forum host such as invisionfree, get a relatively cheap host so we could get a domain name such as TheDigitalSpyForums.net or similar.. all depends on copyright etc with the Digital Spy name.
All we'd need is some reliable volunteers to be mods etc, and we'd be sorted. We could even create a feeder website and make it how DS was before they ruined it, for news etc
It would be a shit load of work, but worth it.”
I'd happily start something up on my forums which don't really get used at present as I was getting inundated with spam sign-ups, and rather than ditch the forum, until I figure out whether it's worth keeping, I've currently made it almost impossible to sign up by setting the sign-up question to (I think this is what I put) asking what my middle name is. It's put off the spammers, anyway. Wish I knew a way to get round that.
http://forum.dvd-fever.co.uk/index.php
According to the DS Downsized thread, forums get over 7m hits per month. Not sure I could recreate the whole thing. My monthly forum hits are slightly less

Originally Posted by skinj:
“I remember when DS used be the place referenced by other big organisations. There used to be actual journalism on the main site rather than cobbling together stories from other places and regurgitating it. Take this article from today It's just basic information that is available anywhere but obviously the primary source is the Evening Standard as they have had to say that's where the info has come from.”
“I remember when DS used be the place referenced by other big organisations. There used to be actual journalism on the main site rather than cobbling together stories from other places and regurgitating it. Take this article from today It's just basic information that is available anywhere but obviously the primary source is the Evening Standard as they have had to say that's where the info has come from.”
Thanks for the link. Had a read and I can't understand (a) why it's on DS, and (b) why is it classed as "Tech". What is technology related about freezing fares on public transport?
Originally Posted by Hitstastic:
“Getting rid of the forums would be a massive step backwards.
Loads of people use different forums as they can be incredibly useful for finding out information.
Yes, you get trolls who make scrolling through threads a chore especially when they're an omnipresence that just needs to log out permanently. But that aside, these forums are also a way of people interacting with each other and discuss similar interests.
I'm probably one of the few people who go on Google and purposely type "Digital Spy forums" as I don't find the homepage that useful. I'm more likely to go on the forums first, and then click to go onto the homepage later rather than the other way round.”
“Getting rid of the forums would be a massive step backwards.
Loads of people use different forums as they can be incredibly useful for finding out information.
Yes, you get trolls who make scrolling through threads a chore especially when they're an omnipresence that just needs to log out permanently. But that aside, these forums are also a way of people interacting with each other and discuss similar interests.
I'm probably one of the few people who go on Google and purposely type "Digital Spy forums" as I don't find the homepage that useful. I'm more likely to go on the forums first, and then click to go onto the homepage later rather than the other way round.”
Why do that? I just start typie 'di' in my browser, and the top-most (and most frequently used) link is http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/usercp.php



