The Contingency Plan/Exit Strategy

rubber soul · 07-13-2022, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

To be fair here (and I may be speaking for him, but I think it's obvious) I'm pretty sure Guybrush meant that 95% of "Lounge"-style threads are old and unlikely to be revisited, so that the massive bulk of threads like those could be jettisoned. I mean, are YOU going to go back to page 43 of a 900-page thread looking for something? If those threads were to be "ported", then I would suggest, if it could be done, the last maybe ten pages of each would be sufficient to allow current conversations to be carried on. As he says, other than that, mostly it's just empty waffle nobody is going to read again.

Maybe not, but you have to admit some of those pages are entertaining.

Trollheart · 07-13-2022, 01:23 PM

Course they are. But how far back are you ever going to go? Preserving hundreds/thousands of pages on the offchance someone may want to look back through them and either read or bring back to life a discussion (probably started by or featuring someone who is no longer here) surely seems like a big waste of time and resources?

rubber soul · 07-13-2022, 01:26 PM

Oh, I agree. Just saying there's a lot of entertainment there.

Trollheart · 07-14-2022, 05:36 AM

Guys, is this something we could use or am I completely off-beam?

https://distancelearning.elgin.edu/d...read-post.html

rubber soul · 07-14-2022, 05:53 AM

I don't know, Trolls. I like the idea of the brand new forum where we'd be the pioneers so to speak. I know you want to transfer all your works over there and I am considering copying the Presidents thread, but basically, I'd just start new discussions. Besides, it would give me an excuse to start a Beatles thread since something like that would be redundant here.

Trollheart · 07-14-2022, 09:50 AM

That's a good point. I mean, I don't mind starting from scratch (while bundling all my journals under my arm, trying to get down the stairs, dropping them, falling after them, cursing etc) but I don't want to be seen to be trying to attract people away from here. I'm still very happy here. I guess it depends on what people in general think. I'm going to start a thread there for this "Jewish Question" discussion though, so anyone who wants to talk about it can do so over there, without derailing the Musk thread. I may start others. Or you can. Feel free to start your Beatles thing by all means.

FETCHER. · 07-14-2022, 12:08 PM

This feels like an uprising - I’m in

On a serious note, because I only started posting earlier this year I have often wondered what would have happened if MB had died while I wasn’t active and I would have been truly gutted to have lost the connection with most of my friends here.

Trollheart · 07-14-2022, 12:11 PM

Not so much an uprising as a turning over and groaning is it time to get up already?? Oh rest assured my little niece, I'd have found a way to track you down!

(Vote for here for Creepy Quotient)

FETCHER. · 07-14-2022, 12:22 PM

weirdly endearing. I’m sure I would have managed to contact most but it is a horror I’ve thought of a few times. I definitely don’t think it’s a bad idea, a lot of the stuff here is really valuable but it’ll feel good to start afresh cos there’s that much here alot of the good stuff gets lost.

Guybrush · 07-14-2022, 04:13 PM

If we do start fresh, let's make sure it's something we CAN get a database dump out of. Let's have two people with an admin login so they can get that database. Let's make it so that if the next board is also going to be closed down, the database can be shared beforehand.

07-13-2022, 01:23 PM	#72 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,971	Course they are. But how far back are you ever going to go? Preserving hundreds/thousands of pages on the offchance someone may want to look back through them and either read or bring back to life a discussion (probably started by or featuring someone who is no longer here) surely seems like a big waste of time and resources? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

07-14-2022, 05:36 AM	#74 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,971	Guys, is this something we could use or am I completely off-beam? https://distancelearning.elgin.edu/d...read-post.html __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

07-14-2022, 09:50 AM	#76 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,971	That's a good point. I mean, I don't mind starting from scratch (while bundling all my journals under my arm, trying to get down the stairs, dropping them, falling after them, cursing etc) but I don't want to be seen to be trying to attract people away from here. I'm still very happy here. I guess it depends on what people in general think. I'm going to start a thread there for this "Jewish Question" discussion though, so anyone who wants to talk about it can do so over there, without derailing the Musk thread. I may start others. Or you can. Feel free to start your Beatles thing by all means. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

07-14-2022, 12:11 PM	#78 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,971	Not so much an uprising as a turning over and groaning is it time to get up already?? Oh rest assured my little niece, I'd have found a way to track you down! (Vote for here for Creepy Quotient) __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

07-14-2022, 04:13 PM	#80 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	If we do start fresh, let's make sure it's something we CAN get a database dump out of. Let's have two people with an admin login so they can get that database. Let's make it so that if the next board is also going to be closed down, the database can be shared beforehand. __________________ Something Completely Different