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I've had a few run ins with Drew and others, and yet here we all remain.
It's the nature of things.
If Drew wants to come back...how many sugars?
I wish you well Lee, it's a big brief you've taken on.
As for Drew... You might be surprised to hear that I would tentatively welcome his return. I argued against his banning at the time. I think there is a certain peace on the forum now that I would be loathe to lose but, if he can keep his shit together and not return to the days of 'ADHD kid who's forgotten his Ritalin and just downed a six-pack of Monster' then he will be an asset to the forum. :-) If, however, he returns to form then you will be inviting anarchy and the ultimate demise of the community here if you don't then act swiftly and decisively. I'm keeping an open mind.
As for the rest of the stuff - all good ideas in my opinion. My only question is, this sounds like a shitload of work for you Lee - writing a forum from the ground up ?! On your own ?
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It's not a decision I've taken lightly, but the majority of the effort is in getting it to a production-ready state...and it won't be . Once it's there, it'll be just as stable as Vanilla is, and it won't cost any more to run than Vanilla does. I'm not about the money; as long as it funds its own existence, that's good enough for me.
And, of course, if the initial project is a failure - or something comes up which means a re-think or re-design is necessary - then we also have the fallback of continuing to use Vanilla until such a time as a/the better alternative is ready.
The key point is that I don't have a deadline for the overall completion of the initial project; the only targets I'm setting are for completion of the current stage, which right now is the prototype/proof of concept (base functionality, probably about 70-80% of the final product). That should be done by the new year, and I'll get the guys in our user group to give it a once over, then work out the next steps.
This was actually prompted by Drew going back over his old posts and feeling quite shitty about them, and in the time since he's removed a lot of the contributing factors in his life. I can't really say any more, as it's a pretty personal thing and I'd be stepping over the line by repeating it.
It's awfully business-y language, but suffice to say that I'm confident that the plan we've got in place is going to help both him and us keep a productive working relationship going
Given all of that, though, and the circumstances under which everything went to crap, I'd be lying said we weren't going to keep an eye on things. However, that goes both ways; in the same way that we expect Drew to stay on the straight and narrow, we also expect the few on here who object to refrain from baiting him (as has happened in the past).
Basically...I'm hoping everybody can be grown-up about it, and then we can all get something good out of this new world we're in.
I've been on a few forums down the years and he was one of the most unpleasant people I have encountered. No amount of 'music biz knowledge' makes up for that.
Do you want the burden of having to keep it secure and updated?
The answer to those types of questions might be yes, if so that’s great.
Personally I don’t think the forum needs to have a YouTube channel - but that’s based on my own interests and use of the forum. If it’s what you want and you will be supported by other members who’ll like it then it’s a great idea.
Bans - no problem with Drew coming back but I think you need to open that door to others...
Finally thanks to you and @TTony for keeping this place ticking over - it’s become a great place despite the ups and downs over the years. A forum is made largely by its contributors but it needs some sensible heads behind the scenes to keep the ship steady, and deal with all the shit, technical know how and God knows how much of your free time.
Thank you - I do recall you arguing against his ban, and I was hoping you'd see it this way.
Forums really aren't that complicated when you get down to it. Every problem and design point involved in the creation of one is incredibly well-understood, including the optimisation of the data storage, almost to the point where everything's either just a case of hooking the building blocks together or thinking about the future. The bit that was worrying me was the spam protection, but I've already solved that problem.
Also, @DarnWeight, please bear in mind the last sentence of my first post.
As to anyone coming back I can honestly say I seem to have missed all the shenanigans with most of the banned people probably because whilst I use the forum most days I tend only to look at stuff that interests me and very rarely glimpse behind closed doors.
I know modmins have have had it tough with some people from time to time and really appreciate their efforts.
i don’t think a small fee for the classifieds is at all unreasonable, and also paid advertising by forum members who are in business could be considered may be in its own separate thread?
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It's not actually the 'music biz knowledge' that makes him an asset, it is the music recording and production knowledge and experience that has proved to be of benefit to this community.
I had no personal dealings with Drew. I'd hope that he is back with the condition that if he behaves like "old Drew" he'd be banned again, otherwise it sets the example that you can ignore rule 1 if you're otherwise deemed to be "useful" to the forum.
On the other hand if he can avoid getting drawn in to arguments he could be a valuable contributer.
I'd love to be able to offer to help out but I`m really not sure what help I could offer unless you need someone to keep the books straight.
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I think the YT channel idea is great and has much potential.
My only concern, as several others have voiced, is that isn’t running a forum a bit much for one person? Hats off to you @digitalscream - just don’t collapse from exhaustion and frustration!