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Old 19-11-2016, 16:13
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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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Old 19-11-2016, 16:16
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No idea, what does the downsizing consists of?
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Old 19-11-2016, 16:21
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Old 19-11-2016, 16:28
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Old 19-11-2016, 16:33
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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
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Old 19-11-2016, 16:57
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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
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.
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Old 19-11-2016, 17:01
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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
Here we are. Pass it round, caring is sharing
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Old 19-11-2016, 17:02
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everyone should turn their ad-blocker off
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Old 19-11-2016, 17:04
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everyone should turn their ad-blocker off
I can't stand adverts. I don't watch television as it is full of them.
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Old 19-11-2016, 17:07
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everyone should turn their ad-blocker off
And get even worse motion sickness, no thanks.
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Old 19-11-2016, 17:09
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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.
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Old 19-11-2016, 17:12
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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.
Facebook certainly has had detrimental effect on conventional forums.
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Old 19-11-2016, 17:13
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everyone should turn their ad-blocker off
Maybe people would pay a fee for an ad free experience?
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Old 19-11-2016, 17:17
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Here we are. Pass it round, caring is sharing
Last time I opened somebody's photobucket it was some screwdrivers and pictures of boobs

Your photo's upside down

(I do know it's meant to be )
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Old 19-11-2016, 17:18
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Maybe people would pay a fee for an ad free experience?
I did pay a fee when I joined, £5 back in the day!
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Old 19-11-2016, 17:19
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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!
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Old 19-11-2016, 17:22
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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.
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Old 19-11-2016, 17:28
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Last time I opened somebody's photobucket it was some screwdrivers and pictures of boobs

Your photo's upside down

(I do know it's meant to be )
If you're not you need to sniff harder..

Screwdrivers and boobs? Sounds painful.
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Old 19-11-2016, 17:35
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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.
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Old 19-11-2016, 17:47
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Old 19-11-2016, 18:03
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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.
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Old 19-11-2016, 18:06
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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.
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Old 19-11-2016, 18:08
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Juggle the numbers and

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Old 19-11-2016, 18:10
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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..
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Old 19-11-2016, 18:24
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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.
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