I’m talking about this forum, where we’ve seen an administrator step down and at least one member leave over concerns about censorship and/or harassment; where a civil thread was locked after a member of this public forum began quoting it in a different public forum, in front of an audience some members associate with harassment; and where a post in the “links to comp reviews” thread was deleted, not because of any inherently objectionable content, but because of fears that linking to reviews in that place or by those people would lead to harassment.
Whether or not the fears are overblown, they’re having consequences.
I assume you’re referring to either 8chan or Twitter, neither of which are very good places to have a discussion IMO.
Now all I can think about is how to make this happen.
I see a compelling narrative about a desperate web developer trying to get some page views or get fired. A wacky parser puzzler about baking cupcakes to enter CupcakeComp last minute. A commentary on how comp culture encourages participation from authors looking for exposure and a platform to speak from. A meta element with an actual website by the actual author who wants page views.
Agreed. I don’t think we need another forum, but, as i-f grows the chances that everyone involved will get along with everyone else shrinks. So, shrug, make another forum and if there’s a need for it it will flourish on its own.
vaporware said: EDIT: The forum is now open to the public: https://www.intfic.com
Well, I’m a member of the public, and it sure as hell ain’t open to me. Will you support Opera Mini, please? I am using the latest version, after all.
Discourse provides a rich client-side experience, but unfortunately that means that if you aren’t using a recent, full-featured browser with JavaScript enabled, the best you can get is a simple read-only view.
Oh, forget it, the site’s been broken anyway.
From Discourse’s FAQ page: We automatically switch to a mobile layout for small screen devices.
IMHO, mobile sites should be optional, not forced on users.
Incorrect on both counts. Opera Mini is hardly ‘an unusual case’ given how many people use it, and Opera Mini does support Android 2.3. I mean sure, Opera Mini 7.x might not, but since when has that ever stopped people sideloading an older version? This is Android we’re talking about, after all, not iPhone or Windows Phone.
Which is how it saves people from going over their ‘Fair’ Usage limits, which is why we love it.
@ vaporware: I would rather have the full site served than rely on a little clicky that may not even work. Soundcloud taught me that.