Thursday, January 03, 2008

my first experience with forum was with Motorcycle Philippines. since i'm an enthusiast and enjoy the roars of a loud pipe (that was before.. too old now) i thought i should join the motorcycling (MC) community.

you can check it out.. it's one helluva huge community from all over the Philippines and the world. Frank Woolf created that site. i had a great time and the honor corresponding with him. it was him and his minions (MC enthusiast) who urged me to make some 'noise' and let the city government know the sentiments of the riders when i posted this THREAD in the Motorcycle Rights board.

amazing that thread is still alive 'til today.

anyway, that's not really the story here but to the times when his site was constantly attacked by some hackers.. a huge and lively community like that, some hackers find it attractive and well, 'honorable' if they can knock it down.. winded with all the trouble, not to mention, the expenses he had to go through, he decided to shut it down.

fortunately, some guys in the community wanted to keep it alive and Mr. Woolf was kind enough to give them access and allow them to migrate all of the information, databases, etc. to the new owners' system.

i was there watching the new guys went through it... there were times the site would go off-line but most of the members understood.. it was, after all, in the process of transferring and it ain't easy.. painstakingly, the new guys move everything..

today, it's far more better and has improved through the years.. of course, there'll be times when access is slow as their system manages huge databases, information and thousands of member worldwide.

the same goes with istorya.net. when things started to slow down and they experienced one too many down time, the owner/s decided to work on it. migrating and transferring all of its content to another server, made a lot of tweaking and improvements, but preserving all of its original contents, boards and threads, it's now running smooth and slick.

then there's the Cebu City Government Forum. it may have been a mediocre in terms of looks and well, duh, maintenance, but when it went down (as in many, many times it's frustrating to count) most of its contents were preserved.

it's less fancy and flair but it gets the job done. if you have complaints about the City, go there and let your voice be heard.. trust me, most guys and gals at City Hall monitors that site.


but our forum which i spent most my time of, suddenly went off the air and came back starting from the scratch.. whoa! practically wiping off every person's post and thoughts i cared to read for about a year now..

WTF?!

i don't care what you gotta say why it went down that way... I DON'T CARE.

to say it was all a mistake to begin with and it's not informative anymore as it's all chit-chat?? what??

forum is define:

2. A public meeting place for open discussion.
3. A medium for open discussion or voicing of ideas, such as a newspaper, a radio or television program, or a website.
# A public meeting or presentation involving a discussion usually among experts and often including audience participation.

so, you mean we're gonna visit the forum to get some information?

well, part of it, yes, but it's not a monopoly of mere information but should be heavy on exchanging of ideas and that's why we have chit-chats.. if i want precise info i'd Google or Yahoo search.. not engage in some yakking on-line..

but hey, i've been reading that line: "we'll be strict with the forum rules.. blah.. blah.. blah.." yet we never have gotten to the 'promise land' since forever.

now the 100,000 pesos question is: will it work this time?

not to blow your bubble, sir, but i doubt it very much.

since he who has the gold rule, there ya go.. do whatever you want with it..

and i'm forever grateful and hold you in high seat.. thus, my best wishes and loads of good luck to you and your crew..

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