Oadlad Posted 8 July 2019 Posted 8 July 2019 9 minutes ago, Lestagirl said: Hi Oadlad, sent you a private message.?
Oadlad Posted 8 July 2019 Posted 8 July 2019 Oh... Don't know how to read it, being unused to this board...
davieG Posted 8 July 2019 Posted 8 July 2019 1 minute ago, Oadlad said: Oh... Don't know how to read it, being unused to this board... At the top of the page on the right there's an envelope icon click on that.
outfoxed77 Posted 8 July 2019 Posted 8 July 2019 I read this board now and never go on the roof anymore. It's a shame as there was some decent people on there, it' s just a minority of unpleasant posters that post racist/homophobic rubbish and are abusive to other people.
Oadlad Posted 8 July 2019 Posted 8 July 2019 Oh... Don't know how to read it, being unused to this board...
Lestagirl Posted 8 July 2019 Posted 8 July 2019 DavieG has replied to your message but if you look at the top of the page right side you will see an envelope, click on it and it will open up my message... haha Oadlad you will have to get with the times ?!
sixthswan Posted 8 July 2019 Posted 8 July 2019 Presumably a DOS attack? Must have upset someone. I'm missing the loonies already.
Oadlad Posted 8 July 2019 Posted 8 July 2019 Firstly, thanks D for advice about reading private messages. Lestagirl - thanks for your experiences on that board. I am a bit ashamed as It now seems wrong to slag off a board I have used for years on a rival site. I have often been tempted to leave but felt it was allowing a minority of posters with absolutely no boundaries to win. Think of an insult and I have had it, but usually about politics. I have pointed out that their antics will drive advertisers away and contribute to its end. .Perhaps the decision has been made for me. The other question asked - yes I live in the centre of Oadby which has more LC fans than you would think... And finally, I have been a member on here for fifteen years so not exactly a newby...
JeffYork Posted 8 July 2019 Posted 8 July 2019 The whole fansonline board is down. Its the end of the world as we know it, and I feel ............. bad. On a rival Middlesbrough FC forum someone posted that the problem might have happened when the site was been upgraded at the weekend but its dragging on a bit too long for that now.
Kopic Posted 8 July 2019 Posted 8 July 2019 I can still get on there (not that I want to, although I may take a look at the updates to the Tommy thread for a laugh/to dispair), and people are still posting on there today
RoboFox Posted 8 July 2019 Posted 8 July 2019 1 hour ago, JeffYork said: The whole fansonline board is down. Its the end of the world as we know it, and I feel ............. bad. On a rival Middlesbrough FC forum someone posted that the problem might have happened when the site was been upgraded at the weekend but its dragging on a bit too long for that now. Really? That website looks like it hasn't been updated since about 1996.
Astleyfox Posted 8 July 2019 Author Posted 8 July 2019 6 hours ago, Oadlad said: It seems to be the parent outfit, fansonline as I randomly went to their Blackpool site to find it equally affected. Comments about it on here are broadly correct, an unpleasant minority have polluted it. For example, this week I offered the view that there was a problem with the (mis)use of VAR at the WWC. I was picked up on a phrase I used and accused of patronising others so an issue worth discussing (IMO) went personal straight away. Any board rules supposedly in place re behaviour are so routinely ignored that they are pointless. Cheer up Oadlad, Im told that someones kid is going to patch it up with gaffer tape. Should be working Thursday. Its unique, you know you love it!
Swiss_tony Posted 8 July 2019 Posted 8 July 2019 I left a couple of months ago. It was fun for many many years, being mainly footie (about 90%) with a little bit of controversial stuff, and conspiracy rubbish, which i could never tell if it was real because years ago one of the admins created a fake userid that posted just to irritate people and get them to respond and beef up traffic. But since the brexit vote in particular (whatever your views on that), it's just been dominated by over the top, nasty bile mainly about politics, by admittedly a few people, but they end up filling up the threads, and winding a lot of other people up. Even when you started a thread about one thing one of the idiots would come in and hijack it. Most folk on there are great. I've made some good real life friends though that board. There was also a strict no banning policy which encouraged extremism. "you can just ignore them". Sound advice until they started taking the board over and you're ignoring 90% of the threads. So now it's mainly bile and a bit of footie, and a miserable place to visit. Why do something you don't enjoy? They sowed the seeds of their own destruction as far as i'm concerned.
davieG Posted 8 July 2019 Posted 8 July 2019 Bentley's Roof 3 hrs · Good News Week: We've got young Nathan sorting out the site as soon as he's finished his paper round. should have it going by Thursday
Paninistickers Posted 8 July 2019 Posted 8 July 2019 9 hours ago, Oadlad said: Firstly, thanks D for advice about reading private messages. Lestagirl - thanks for your experiences on that board. I am a bit ashamed as It now seems wrong to slag off a board I have used for years on a rival site. I have often been tempted to leave but felt it was allowing a minority of posters with absolutely no boundaries to win. Think of an insult and I have had it, but usually about politics. I have pointed out that their antics will drive advertisers away and contribute to its end. .Perhaps the decision has been made for me. The other question asked - yes I live in the centre of Oadby which has more LC fans than you would think... And finally, I have been a member on here for fifteen years so not exactly a newby... I jacked it, more or less, after many years a few.months ago oadlad. You'd know my username on there. We've corresponded plenty of times. Chin up. I still.lurk and enjoy reading your posts (even though I don't share your socialist views) ....you, sixth swan, clapham, foxinabox, brizzl, mickythehoss are all fascinating contributors If not, come over here. They are pussycats on here. Which is nice...but lacks that bit of edginess because of it. What you lose out of one pocket etc.... Edited to add Soho Fox, seeing as he's reading this thread, is a fine poster too. His inflammatory remarks are wonderfully light of touch, Ricky Gervais style, saying things we often all think but darent say. Whereas agent provocateur #2 Bnet is totally bereft of subtlety and intellect
NewquayFox Posted 8 July 2019 Posted 8 July 2019 I flounced late last year, the site kept logging me out as WoodHillFox so I registered again as my favourite word Feckit or Feck, Mickey & Rob do a great job and their are loads of great posters as well, quite a lot of people under different usernames who have disagreements with themselves which is strange but hey ho...
Oadlad Posted 9 July 2019 Posted 9 July 2019 Panini, thanks for your kind remarks. Yes, i has found itself able to resume, presumably having paid its bill. Predictably, I have been labelled a 'quisling' by a poster who does not know its meaning. That unexpected 24 hours enabled me to step back and find some perspective and realise that its attractions (some great people) has now been pretty much overtaken by a minority of nasty posters who care nothing for what passes for normal discourse. So sad...
StanSP Posted 9 July 2019 Posted 9 July 2019 Disappointed to see that this isn't a topic, or hasn't turned in to one, about a potential roof at the KP.
UpTheLeagueFox Posted 9 July 2019 Posted 9 July 2019 Excellent news that it's back and working. Hopefully some of the unusual posters there won't be tempted over here. Win/win all round!!
Buce Posted 9 July 2019 Posted 9 July 2019 I went to take a look out of morbid fascination but the missing apostrophe tells me all I need to know.
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