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I did look for an ignore option the other day, that would improve things a lot

I believe management have a way to hide posts from selected people for you that you can request but its not something you can manage yourself sadly

I really cant fathom why the forum software just doesn't get upgraded...its 2023 not 1998 for heavens sake 🙈

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I really cant fathom why the forum software just doesn't get upgraded...its 2023 not 1998 for heavens sake 🙈

I think this is asked annually in Talk To The Staff. I recall previously the responses being along the lines of a) its not broken, b) we have customised lots, c) we don't do this as our main job, and d) what is the benefit to us (owners)?

I find some sites running newer software to be horrendous (e.g. SkyUser) and the threading on this board is quite useful, although many chose to ignore it, I doubt any currently-maintened forum software does threading?

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In reply to a post by Pheasant:

I really cant fathom why the forum software just doesn't get upgraded...its 2023 not 1998 for heavens sake 🙈

I think this is asked annually in Talk To The Staff. I recall previously the responses being along the lines of a) its not broken, b) we have customised lots, c) we don't do this as our main job, and d) what is the benefit to us (owners)?

I find some sites running newer software to be horrendous (e.g. SkyUser) and the threading on this board is quite useful, although many chose to ignore it, I doubt any currently-maintened forum software does threading?

This joint need a broom. A big one.

Clean sheet the whole shebang. If Mark can do it alone on ISPR....

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

This joint need a broom. A big one.
Clean sheet the whole shebang. If Mark can do it alone on ISPR....

Why not write [email protected] and ask the owners?

Yeah you’re right this isn’t the place for it.

I’ll write a nice, hopefully constructive email to John, Seb and that bloke with the gong…oh yeah Andrew

Will you join me - or are you satisfied with the status quo ?

I've been posting here for 20 years now and I have observed the following should it be useful

Zyborg will always reply to a reply to him.

XGS_is_on regularly leaves this and the other site and reappears with a new nick after a few weeks or months.

The owners do not and never have closely moderated the forum.

The forum is quieter now as the tech is mature.

I doubt any of this will change and so maybe it is best if users adapt themselves to the reality of the forum. .

HTH

Edited by FibreBubble (Tue 10-Jan-23 20:11:19)

20 years…who were you before FibreBubble?

In reply to a post by FibreBubble:

I've been posting here for 20 years now and I have observed the following should it be useful

I've been here since March 2002 (according to my profile) and I agree with your post.

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

Will you join me - or are you satisfied with the status quo ?

It doesn't bother me as much I guess. I've used some forums with ignore, back to the days of NNTP readers and I see the volume in this place is way way down compared with when FTTC was being deployed, or even back to the original campaigns for ADSL in the early 2000s. Good luck on what you do

Some here don't want change, they are happy with the quagmire.