• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

If Anandtech forums dies.. where does the community prefer to move to?

Page 5 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.

What is preferable as a backup location for the AT community?

  • Total voters
    54
pete6032 said:
The biggest issue would be getting everyone their old usernames. I can guarantee if we go somewhere else that some nitwit will register as someone else's old user name and pretend to be that person.
Click to expand...
Someone just needs to hold an ip address and communicate it to all.
Also *maybe* the usernames could be reserved provided someone at this current forum made a mistake and saved them to a thumb drive or something.
 
Fanatical Meat said:
Someone just needs to hold an ip address and communicate it to all.
Also *maybe* the usernames could be reserved provided someone at this current forum made a mistake and saved them to a thumb drive or something.
Click to expand...

Could maybe have a thread here used for verification, when you register at the new forum you get a code emailed to you, you need to come to the thread here to enter the code. The new forum will parse out that thread at certain intervals and verify that it is in fact the right username that posted the right code. Ex: it will not let you validate if the username here does not match. This could be a temporary process for a few months until the new forum is open to all.

If Future is willing to sell the forum as-is and then it's just the thing of moving it to another host then that would be the simplest option really assuming they don't ask a crazy price.

At this point we're also just speculating that they will in fact shut it down, as currently they said there's no plans, but it's still good to be prepared in case something changes in the... future. No pun intended.
 
Red Squirrel said:
Could maybe have a thread here used for verification, when you register at the new forum you get a code emailed to you, you need to come to the thread here to enter the code. The new forum will parse out that thread at certain intervals and verify that it is in fact the right username that posted the right code. Ex: it will not let you validate if the username here does not match. This could be a temporary process for a few months until the new forum is open to all.

If Future is willing to sell the forum as-is and then it's just the thing of moving it to another host then that would be the simplest option really assuming they don't ask a crazy price.

At this point we're also just speculating that they will in fact shut it down, as currently they said there's no plans, but it's still good to be prepared in case something changes in the... future. No pun intended.
Click to expand...
It will eventually shut down, no way someone is going to keep paying for the ip renewal and or forum upkeep indefinitely.
Basically if someone had all that data an account could be created and assuming we all were smart enough to verify if our AT Forums email address is still accessible all would be good.
Another option would be some sort of group funding to basically buy these forums.
 
Fanatical Meat said:
It will eventually shut down, no way someone is going to keep paying for the ip renewal and or forum upkeep indefinitely.
Basically if someone had all that data an account could be created and assuming we all were smart enough to verify if our AT Forums email address is still accessible all would be good.
Another option would be some sort of group funding to basically buy these forums.
Click to expand...

Yeah if they are willing to sell it that would be the best bet, that way we just get everything intact, database etc. Maybe even take over the server lease and keep it on the same server provider and all, assuming it's a leased server and not on prem at Future or a colo on hardware they own. Would just need to setup new backup jobs and other housekeeping stuff and probably change the name.
 
lxskllr said:
If I had a dollar for every time I heard that, I could buy... probably a Happy Meal, which isn't a ton of money, but it's still enough that I don't trust anything corporations say.
Click to expand...

Oh yeah we definitely need a plan either way, but I do think there is also a chance it stays around. Question is, for how long... And will there be warning when they do close it down.

To be serious about this we definitely need to all agree on one place to go to, or on who runs it, if we make something new.

If someone can get ahold of someone at Future to determine things like if buying/obtaining the forum is even an option, that would be the best bet. Then just need to agree on someone to actually host it.
 
Everything's a fucking secret with companies. Shit that doesn't matter is classified as top secret. "Product x will stay on the market for the foreseeable future". One month later it's gone, and you're scrambling to work around it. Stupid shit. If we work together, we can get your old stock gone and closed out in an orderly manner, and plans can be made to adapt. Everyone wins!
 
Yeah it's dumb. They might just ignore any requests for any info. If that's the case then at least we tried. From there we need to decide on the next step. Probably easier to just start a new forum or pick an existing one that most agree to go to, and go from there.
 
I had to dl the reddit app Friday to read some dispensary reviews of a place I was going to.

GARBAGE! Hated the interface.
 
We might want to create something similar to a transition group sooner rather than later. Their job would be first to liaise with Future to help eliminate any potential obstacles to the transition and get some idea of how close or far we are from needing a transition. I would suspect that as long as the site has net profitability for them that there's no need for any twisted panties.

But even if things look copasetic from the F-corp side, the group should keep an eye on the market for whatever the primary costs are likely to be - I would assume that's going to be the cost of dedicated servers, bandwidth, salaries (I suppose to the extent there are any of consequence), etc.

Network infrastructure has never been my bailiwick so forgive me if I've buried the lede here.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top