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How did this forum get up and running so quickly?
- Thread starter Speevy
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This is a fair point and something I hope the admins take seriously. A lot of progress has been made in the area of transparency, especially with forum moderation. It would be a shame to have things go off the rails after so much hard work has been done. If anything needs to be disclosed, the time to do it is now, not after an "incident" causes information to leak.
It's not exactly realistic to expect them to divulge financial info here when the site is heavily watched and several communities are doxxing or trying to dox the members.
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Well, no, but after reading this topic is apparent to me that this forum was created with a great amount of goodwill toward the better nature of the community, rather than simply based on the bad will accumulated from the other place.
I'm more curious about the money side of things not because I care who has paid money for this place, but that I want it to exist in 10 years just as the other place did/does. I think that is a reasonable, albeit intrusive and indelicate question.
Whatever the reasons were for the site to go up so quickly, I'm still very grateful for it. I remember being absolutely devastated when the scandal began and the community started falling apart. I've been posting on GAF for two and a half years and have been lurking around and reading it for five years, so it was really sad to see this happening.
I was really hoping some former Gaffers would start a new site and the community would reunite there, and that's exactly what happened! And pretty quickly to boot too! Also the fact that this site has added so many new and more modern features make me very happy. The quote notifications in particular. It's something I've always wished GAF had, and I remember Evilore promising that it would return at some point in the future, but alas........Needless to say, I couldn't be more happier and relieved with the way things turned out. :p
I was really hoping some former Gaffers would start a new site and the community would reunite there, and that's exactly what happened! And pretty quickly to boot too! Also the fact that this site has added so many new and more modern features make me very happy. The quote notifications in particular. It's something I've always wished GAF had, and I remember Evilore promising that it would return at some point in the future, but alas........Needless to say, I couldn't be more happier and relieved with the way things turned out. :p
It's like how all the right people were there drafting the declaration of independence. Imagine if Thomas Jefferson was born in another century.
Love all the work that has been put in here, thanks to everyone involved. It's bizarre how much a forum could mean to me, and trying to hop around and find a new place to find news without all of the gross baggage that comes with the internet was really eye opening.
No, I don't need real names of the admins. I haven't seen it stated that the admins are members of the LLC. Have you? I want to know who owns the board. Admins don't equal owners.
What do you do for a living, post your picture, etc. I never understand why people participate in these things.
Kind of the perfect blend of narcissism and the desire to passively socialize
I fit right in
All I can say is that it was amazing to see it happen on Discord. Also I was super lucky to get in: I managed to get in the big discord AFTER all the mess happened without any actual proof that I was a gaffer (until the site went up again). I also felt super welcomed just like I do now.
Amazing.
Amazing.
Yeah. I'm probably more interested in hearing about the organisation structures so that something like what happened doesn't happen again. So I guess rules on how major decisions are made and how members of the LLC can be kicked (or new members are added). Also things like how moderation policies are developed and managed as well as checks and balances for mods or admins who exceed the established policies.
We won't have answers on these things until we consult with legal counsel. I can assure you that from the top of the team down to the bottom our love for this community is alive. Rather than rest on our laurels of a successful launch, we already rolled out a UI change today (if you hadn't noticed), we're continuing to spend long hours approving accounts, and we're beginning to lay the ground work for more awesome things in the future. We will aim to be as transparent as possible every step of the way. As always, if you have any questions, don't bestitate to ask, and I will do my best to provide a clear answer for you.
From being in the discord from almost time 0 this seems to be true.
Give me $500 and some Russian twitter bots and I'll make shit happen. Just don't ask how it all happened.
This is very level headed, and not overexposing anyone. I am interested in these we as well.
Thank you so much and yes I noticed the changes. Amazing with and congrats to everyone.
I look forward to more details about the forum structure and policies in the future.
Sounds good. Thanks for this update and for all the work everyone is doing.
I would also like this very much! Also to save on data transfers when browsing over 3G on my phone.
It is really amazing that a week ago this place didn't exist at all and now everyone has settled into their old communities as if nothing had happened. Let's all congratulate the true unsung hero of this tale: Discord Inc. for making an excellent piece of software. If it wasn't for everyone fleeing into Discord, this might not have worked at all.
Though I am curious about the financial future of the site. With such a huge influx of users and activity, how are costs and servers going to be maintained? There are currently no ads, but I suppose they will come in the future. I don't want to wake up one day and I see a post saying, "Welps we're broke now, bye everyone."
Though I am curious about the financial future of the site. With such a huge influx of users and activity, how are costs and servers going to be maintained? There are currently no ads, but I suppose they will come in the future. I don't want to wake up one day and I see a post saying, "Welps we're broke now, bye everyone."
Haven't used discord yet and know very little about it, but the name is really funny when you consider that it was used to amazingly and efficiently organize the development of and migration to this forum.
Well, on the tech side it takes a few cores, many gigs of memory, a solid foundation of network infrastructure, and a lot of trade offs and optimizations. Do you know that we were processing more than 150K packets/s during peak hours of the launch day?
But the tech part is the easy part. The magic sauce is the community.
But the tech part is the easy part. The magic sauce is the community.
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