TSF Update - Politics forum gone, New server soon
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Some general updates
Politics Subform
It's gone
Too many complaints/shitty behaviour and less and less people were reading it. 'Contentious Threads' section was a last ditch attempt to fix things. It failed.
Apologies to @MiketheSnow @Catogrande @pakman @Victor-Meldrew etc The UK thread was good, if all the others were like there wouldn't have been a problem
Also we have some changes coming up over the next few months which are more likely to be successful without that sub forum
So no chat about politics, politicians, elections, foreign policy, wars, climate change please
I'll move a couple of threads over to 'Off Topic' like the tranny one as that impacts sport
New Server
A new server has been purchased
I'll be doing a practise migration this weekend and hopefully the real one early next week
That will give us a decent hardware speed boost, a few more methods for combating bots/AI scrapers etc. Also we have been stuck on an older version of the software for ~12months because of some prerequisites.
After that I'll open up the forum to the public again
New Toys
Lots of new features coming
Me and @Kirwan have put aside some time for coding TSF enhancements. We have a list of new stuff we're working our way through that we want to use ourselves
I think we're already the best place to keep track of the NPC. The new stuff should make that lead even bigger
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Just to add to Duluth's post, I think the Politics threads were the most useful during the Covid lockdowns to allow people to let off steam. It was a pain in the arse to moderate (the rest of the site barely needs any).
IMO it was time to move the focus back to sport.
I've had a busy start to the year with work, and have been taking a break from the Fern. Thankfully, that's returning to normal and I can get back to updating you all about Akira Ioane.
Coming back, it's been great to see the quality of the information in sports threads. Highlights to me that forums still have a place on the interwebs, especially as hubs around shared interests.
We have some interesting stuff planned, as we start rolling things out we'll get your feedback to keep improving it.
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@Kirwan said in TSF Update - Politics forum gone, New server soon:
Coming back, it's been great to see the quality of the information in sports threads
It's interesting how that evolves.. A few years ago Otago/Highlanders threads were a bit shit. A handful of quality posters have completely changed that
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Huge thanks to you guys for hosting and moderating those Politics threads over the years. I have found them really useful, particularly over Covid, but so often certain threads would just degenerate into snide remarks and playing the man not the ball, so must have been a nightmare to stay on top of.
Agree on the quality of the sports forum, the analysis here has always been a lot better than the mainstream sports media (low bar I know), but there's a lot of daylight between the two now. Also the separate forum for match threads has been a big success too.
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every time i am convinced that this place is inhabited by imbeciles i make the mistake of reading a rugby thread on reddit and realise we are basically rugby scholars in comparison.
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@mariner4life said in TSF Update - Politics forum gone, New server soon:
every time i am convinced that this place is inhabited by imbeciles i make the mistake of reading a rugby thread on reddit and realise we are basically rugby scholars in comparison.
Truth!
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@No-Quarter said in TSF Update - Politics forum gone, New server soon:
Huge thanks to you guys for hosting and moderating those Politics threads over the years. I have found them really useful, particularly over Covid, but so often certain threads would just degenerate into snide remarks and playing the man not the ball, so must have been a nightmare to stay on top of.
Agree on the quality of the sports forum, the analysis here has always been a lot better than the mainstream sports media (low bar I know), but there's a lot of daylight between the two now. Also the separate forum for match threads has been a big success too.
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Thanks for your efforts and understand
I learned a lot about economics from the UK Politics thread
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@MiketheSnow said in TSF Update - Politics forum gone, New server soon:
Thanks for your efforts and understand
I learned a lot about economics from the UK Politics thread
A shame Rachel from accounts didn’t visit the forum.
Mods: last dig, hope it’s allowed but if not, quite understand 😀
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@canefan said in TSF Update - Politics forum gone, New server soon:
Like Jaffas,
we're finally fucking Auckland off?
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@mariner4life said in TSF Update - Politics forum gone, New server soon:
@canefan said in TSF Update - Politics forum gone, New server soon:
Like Jaffas,
we're finally fucking Auckland off?
Sorry to be pedantic, but that's JAFAs
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@mariner4life said in TSF Update - Politics forum gone, New server soon:
every time i am convinced that this place is inhabited by imbeciles i make the mistake of reading a rugby thread on reddit and realise we are basically rugby scholars in comparison.
Just Reddit?
There's more serious analysis on here than any of the MSM. @Mauss and co. are light-years ahead.
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Thanks for the mod efforts. Appreciated.
As @MiketheSnow has said, an Economics thread could be good. Plenty of good discussions around that and investing in the past
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@Kirwan said in TSF Update - Politics forum gone, New server soon:
Just to add to Duluth's post, I think the Politics threads were the most useful during the Covid lockdowns to allow people to let off steam.
The title of the first Covid thread -"This Coronavirus thing - should we be worried?" - was a classic of understatement.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in TSF Update - Politics forum gone, New server soon:
@mariner4life said in TSF Update - Politics forum gone, New server soon:
every time i am convinced that this place is inhabited by imbeciles i make the mistake of reading a rugby thread on reddit and realise we are basically rugby scholars in comparison.
Just Reddit?
There's more serious analysis on here than any of the MSM. @Mauss and co. are light-years ahead.
Who is this co you speak of?
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@Victor-Meldrew I learned more about the early stages of the Covid virus crisis from here than from anywhere else.
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@booboo said in TSF Update - Politics forum gone, New server soon:
@Victor-Meldrew said in TSF Update - Politics forum gone, New server soon:
@mariner4life said in TSF Update - Politics forum gone, New server soon:
every time i am convinced that this place is inhabited by imbeciles i make the mistake of reading a rugby thread on reddit and realise we are basically rugby scholars in comparison.
Just Reddit?
There's more serious analysis on here than any of the MSM. @Mauss and co. are light-years ahead.
Who is this co you speak of?
Are you gaslighting @Bones?
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@Victor-Meldrew said in TSF Update - Politics forum gone, New server soon:
@booboo said in TSF Update - Politics forum gone, New server soon:
@Victor-Meldrew said in TSF Update - Politics forum gone, New server soon:
@mariner4life said in TSF Update - Politics forum gone, New server soon:
every time i am convinced that this place is inhabited by imbeciles i make the mistake of reading a rugby thread on reddit and realise we are basically rugby scholars in comparison.
Just Reddit?
There's more serious analysis on here than any of the MSM. @Mauss and co. are light-years ahead.
Who is this co you speak of?
Are you gaslighting @Bones?
Impossible.
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I was being semi-serious. Some of your pithy analysis is right on the nail
