06-08-2018, 08:01 AM
Internet Forum:
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum
An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are often longer than one line of text, and are at least temporarily archived. Also, depending on the access level of a user or the forum set-up, a posted message might need to be approved by a moderator before it becomes visible.
The key word here is discussion.
I find it hard to believe that, at any instant in time, no one has any..
. questions they need to ask
. new ideas to share
. solutions to problems, their own or another's..
. news about AR of interest to VK (& other) amateurs
These are the reasons why this Forum exists.
There are no rapid fire decisions about to be taken. The timeline in the first post states that between now and 31 Dec 2018, the usage will be assessed.
At this point in time, there are about 2300 posts in 460 threads and 308 users in the Forum database. That covers 2 years of use so equates to an average of about 20-25 posts per week, sometimes most of those on just one or two days of any given week. What will it be at the end of December ?
The AHRDF.NET domain name has been registered and paid for until July 2022 so this venture was started with long term availability in mind. Having the domain available until then is useless unless people use the facilities that it provides through the Forum. The current hosting platform is being made available for free by a VK amateur but the future of its hosting is an unknown.
Yes, I am retired and I supposedly have lots of free time but I read virtually every post whether I am interested in the topic, or not, so that I can moderate its content. That usually happens more than twice a day, every day. I also have to quickly flush out - and keep out - the 'fake' new members, maintain the core software with updates regularly, download database backups off the server to local storage..... That takes more than an hour a day every day on average, sometimes several hours.
I do it as a contribution towards supporting amateur radio in Australia.
I don't ask for donations - I don't want any - so please don't be offended if I refuse.
The thing is this. I don't want to waste my time providing and maintaining a facility that has minimal use. Time is precious, becoming more obvious the older I become and more aware of its passing.
You can do two very obvious things to help the Forum continue.
(1) Use it, not just reading but posting too. What to post about is near the top of this post.
(2) Spread the word to other amateurs you communicate with. Tell them about its existence, what it does for you...
As it says (again) below : "This Forum is only going to be as interesting as the posts it contains.
If you have a comment or question, post it as it may trigger or answer the query in someone else's mind."
I plan to "bump" this topic every few weeks until the end of the year as a reminder for users about the Forum's future : Use it or lose it.
Doug, Admin
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum
An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are often longer than one line of text, and are at least temporarily archived. Also, depending on the access level of a user or the forum set-up, a posted message might need to be approved by a moderator before it becomes visible.
The key word here is discussion.
I find it hard to believe that, at any instant in time, no one has any..
. questions they need to ask
. new ideas to share
. solutions to problems, their own or another's..
. news about AR of interest to VK (& other) amateurs
These are the reasons why this Forum exists.
There are no rapid fire decisions about to be taken. The timeline in the first post states that between now and 31 Dec 2018, the usage will be assessed.
At this point in time, there are about 2300 posts in 460 threads and 308 users in the Forum database. That covers 2 years of use so equates to an average of about 20-25 posts per week, sometimes most of those on just one or two days of any given week. What will it be at the end of December ?
The AHRDF.NET domain name has been registered and paid for until July 2022 so this venture was started with long term availability in mind. Having the domain available until then is useless unless people use the facilities that it provides through the Forum. The current hosting platform is being made available for free by a VK amateur but the future of its hosting is an unknown.
Yes, I am retired and I supposedly have lots of free time but I read virtually every post whether I am interested in the topic, or not, so that I can moderate its content. That usually happens more than twice a day, every day. I also have to quickly flush out - and keep out - the 'fake' new members, maintain the core software with updates regularly, download database backups off the server to local storage..... That takes more than an hour a day every day on average, sometimes several hours.
I do it as a contribution towards supporting amateur radio in Australia.
I don't ask for donations - I don't want any - so please don't be offended if I refuse.
The thing is this. I don't want to waste my time providing and maintaining a facility that has minimal use. Time is precious, becoming more obvious the older I become and more aware of its passing.
You can do two very obvious things to help the Forum continue.
(1) Use it, not just reading but posting too. What to post about is near the top of this post.
(2) Spread the word to other amateurs you communicate with. Tell them about its existence, what it does for you...
As it says (again) below : "This Forum is only going to be as interesting as the posts it contains.
If you have a comment or question, post it as it may trigger or answer the query in someone else's mind."
I plan to "bump" this topic every few weeks until the end of the year as a reminder for users about the Forum's future : Use it or lose it.
Doug, Admin
Doug VK4ADC @ QG62LG51
http://www.vk4adc.com
This Forum is only going to be as interesting as the posts it contains.
If you have a comment or question, post it as it may trigger or answer the query in someone else's mind.
http://www.vk4adc.com
This Forum is only going to be as interesting as the posts it contains.
If you have a comment or question, post it as it may trigger or answer the query in someone else's mind.