Gents, ladies ... your forum is under new management.
First up, I want to say a big thanks to everyone on here who has built this forum and kept it going for the last couple of years. This was originally supposed to be a joint venture between three different blogs and it turned into something different. Not necessarily something bad ... just different. Now, I think, we're moving back to the original intent. Which is why I'm here tonight.
The first thing you need to know is that nothing is really going to change that much. Myself and a couple of the other bloggers will create a seperate section of the site for all our articles, and speaking for myself I'm going to turn comments off on the blog itself and direct anyone who wishes to post one to this forum. Don't worry. I'll be keeping a close eye on this place; we'll be introducing some of the moderation rules which have proved successful elsewhere, to keep things from ending up the way they have elsewhere; in short, a rabble with people insulting one another over everything.
Not gonna happen in this house. And I hope that most of you will support that change.
We may lose some people. We will almost certainly gain a bunch of them. But whatever happens for most of you there'll be no change at all; just keep on doing what it is that you do. Just keep on posting the great threads and starting the great discussions which have made this a good place to visit.
I was one of the guys who founded this forum, and I admit that I voluntarily left it when it became clear that certain things were not going to be run along the lines that I thought they should. That's no reflection on the guys who've been here, it's an honest admission that there were some differences over the direction the project would take and how best to grow it, and rather than make a big song and dance about it I decided to leave quietly.
So in many ways, this is a homecoming
Some of you know me already, some of you don't. Most people will be familiar with my work.
As I said, I have no intention of clogging up the discussion threads with articles, except that I'll post one every once in a while if it's germaine to the stories of the day ... but in the main, there'll be a seperate part of the forum where those will be posted and discussed. So that should keep everything nice and neat with little crossover.
New rules and regs, I'll publish a little bit later. You guys probably won't see me on a lot, although I will start the occasional thread, but if anyone needs to get me you can message me in the usual way. Complaints, greivances, and the usual reports of anything you find on here that crosses the line and/or is suspect, please let me know. I'll moderate at the start and end of every day until I can find some people to do it more regularly.
Until then folks, keep on keeping on.
First up, I want to say a big thanks to everyone on here who has built this forum and kept it going for the last couple of years. This was originally supposed to be a joint venture between three different blogs and it turned into something different. Not necessarily something bad ... just different. Now, I think, we're moving back to the original intent. Which is why I'm here tonight.
The first thing you need to know is that nothing is really going to change that much. Myself and a couple of the other bloggers will create a seperate section of the site for all our articles, and speaking for myself I'm going to turn comments off on the blog itself and direct anyone who wishes to post one to this forum. Don't worry. I'll be keeping a close eye on this place; we'll be introducing some of the moderation rules which have proved successful elsewhere, to keep things from ending up the way they have elsewhere; in short, a rabble with people insulting one another over everything.
Not gonna happen in this house. And I hope that most of you will support that change.
We may lose some people. We will almost certainly gain a bunch of them. But whatever happens for most of you there'll be no change at all; just keep on doing what it is that you do. Just keep on posting the great threads and starting the great discussions which have made this a good place to visit.
I was one of the guys who founded this forum, and I admit that I voluntarily left it when it became clear that certain things were not going to be run along the lines that I thought they should. That's no reflection on the guys who've been here, it's an honest admission that there were some differences over the direction the project would take and how best to grow it, and rather than make a big song and dance about it I decided to leave quietly.
So in many ways, this is a homecoming
Some of you know me already, some of you don't. Most people will be familiar with my work.
As I said, I have no intention of clogging up the discussion threads with articles, except that I'll post one every once in a while if it's germaine to the stories of the day ... but in the main, there'll be a seperate part of the forum where those will be posted and discussed. So that should keep everything nice and neat with little crossover.
New rules and regs, I'll publish a little bit later. You guys probably won't see me on a lot, although I will start the occasional thread, but if anyone needs to get me you can message me in the usual way. Complaints, greivances, and the usual reports of anything you find on here that crosses the line and/or is suspect, please let me know. I'll moderate at the start and end of every day until I can find some people to do it more regularly.
Until then folks, keep on keeping on.
