Thank you for your patience, insight and feedback on what to do with the old boards.
As a compromise, I’ve hidden all replies and kept the original posts - so if you REALLY want to find an old thread or really want it removed from the web, Internet Archive is where you need to go.
There’s now a very clear message on the old threads that the boards are now over here.
We’ve also removed all user info from old user profiles to ensure they’re GDPR compliant after issues with a user.
Some of these changes will take a little while for the cache to refresh but for instance you can see my fixed user profile which has kept the editorial archive here: http://origin.drownedinsound.com/users/sean
Any other thoughts and ideas?
Here’s the old thread with your suggestions for reference:
We’ve already managed to bring the costs down significantly, just need to keep an eye on the rising costs of these forums as we’re right on the edge of their payment plan.
One thing I’m quite mindful of is posting images, because I know external ones seem to be hosted within the boards webspace after being posted. Do these take up much space?
Uniques count the amount of times it’s been loaded in a browser in a certain time frame, so if you’ve got the site up on your phone, laptop, work PC that counts as three uniques.
I’ve moved the DiS mailing list across the Substack. If you’re not sure if you’re on the list (I haven’t sent an email for a few years) subscribe over here.
Feedback and things you’d love to see in the email welcomed.