***Forum Software Change***

[jar546]

Hi folks,

For those of you living under a rock, we have decided to completely change the software platform that this forum is operated by. We continue to strive to provide a high quality, spam free, professional, modern place where those involved in the building code arena can exchange information. We will be swapping to the new software in the next few days. A few more reminders in addition to the several emails that I sent out:

1) You will be required to reset your password. That is just the way it is. You will be prompted initially and there are very obvious links for you to click on for a password reset or reminder.

2) Make sure that your email address is up to date. If you signed up under an email that is no longer in use, we have no way to get a hold of you.

3) The swap is happening and happening soon. All of the log in links and main page will be the same URL so you should not have to create a new one. That part should be seamless.

4) We already changed servers to a faster one last week and unless I told you, you would never know. This is all setting the stage.

5) The forum will look similar but you will have to spend time looking around, figuring out how to do everything. It is a much, much better platform. This is a whine free zone.

***We asked for money to help offset the costs and a few very dedicated people really stepped up to the plate. We fell short of our goal and the costs are more than was estimated. I want to thank those few people that helped us to keep this forum up and running. AS A RESULT of falling short of our goal and the fact that 99.9% of the users did not help, there will be some permission changes happening over the next few weeks. We need everyone to step up and appreciate the value of this forum.

Thank you,

Jeff Remas

Administrator

 

[conarb]

Jeff:

I find it more interesting to note those who did not contribute than those of us who did, did any of the fire people contribute?

 

[jar546]

Jeff:I find it more interesting to note those who did not contribute than those of us who did, did any of the fire people contribute?

Only those listed in the other thread contributed. There will be some definitive permission changes coming in the next few weeks. I will be pruning the members too, removing those that have not logged on in a long time, probably more than a year or 2

 

[conarb]

Jeff:

If you think banning all posting by those who don't contribute too severe how about limiting posts to something like the 140 characters the way Twitter confines posts? That way questions could be asked and answered, but long engaging discussions would be out for the non-contributors, if they want to get on a soap box and promote a commercial/political cause they have to pay for the space to say nothing of the opportunity to reach a target audience. I've been reading quite a bit now about social justice warriors and how they gang up and take over fora, it's even come up in the current political campaign and is being adopted by the other side. The effect is some are paying for the space for others to advertise or promote political positions.

 

[jar546]

Jeff:If you think banning all posting by those who don't contribute too severe how about limiting posts to something like the 140 characters the way Twitter confines posts? That way questions could be asked and answered, but long engaging discussions would be out for the non-contributors, if they want to get on a soap box and promote a commercial/political cause they have to pay for the space to say nothing of the opportunity to reach a target audience. I've been reading quite a bit now about social justice warriors and how they gang up and take over fora, it's even come up in the current political campaign and is being adopted by the other side. The effect is some are paying for the space for others to advertise or promote political positions.

I have to evaluate my limitations to ensure that I don't stump the growth of the board or lose what we already have. I will be pruning the members and implementing limitations. Good ideas, I appreciate them and like the sound of the character limit. I have to see if I have the capability of limiting it to a specific usergroup.