Former Community – We Moved
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Forum goes on break (soon)
Quote from Lucio Buffalmano on January 29, 2024, 10:32 pmQuote from Bel on January 29, 2024, 9:41 pmBy the way, would begging you to keep the forum open work? 🙂
LOL, well, it was smart of you to ask.
"Never take the first offer, never take the first "no"", should be a PU principle :D.
The thing is that, on top of all the other considerations, the "glitch that broke the camel's back" isn't fixed yet.
And now that I'm upgrading PU restoring databases may happen even more often.
Restoring database is a hassle, but I can deal with it until we find the root cause.
That approach aligns with my values:
I must still find the root cause, I pay the price.
Cool.But I'm not cool to push those costs on others.
Today I had to restore 2 days old DB.
That's many posts.
Including many good ones.That's many people's time and effort.
(sorry all!)
That you -others- have to pay the price for TPM's glitch... That I'm not cool with.
Plus, offering a shaky service is not what TPM is about.
Either do it great, or... Wait until you can make it great :).
Yep, I saw one of my posts was deleted.
But personally, for me, it's not a big drawback.
Consider that many people that write in this forum, I believe, would be very happy to save and just rewrite posts if it came to that, if it meant to be able to still write here and interact.
It's THAT good.
Well, I can only speak for myself.
I don’t like (understatement) when I see my and others’ post deleted. Personally I don’t save them as I often write from my phone like now. To me it’s not only time it’s also work that we produced. So it makes sense to me.
So taking the opportunity to say thanks for the respect of our time, Lucio.
edits
Quick tech & framing note for clarity:
The posts are lost when a DB backup restores a previous version of the website (forum included).
It's somewhat of a "collateral damage".
The word "deleted", implying someone actively removes them, is not the correct word.
And a potentially bad frame that does not reflect what this forum has been over the years.
So I cared to clarify that.
Quote from Lucio Buffalmano on January 30, 2024, 9:04 amQuote from Power Duck on January 29, 2024, 10:59 pmAn "unofficial" reddit community or a discord server could be created for the meantime.
So those interested in keeping in contact and discussing about power dynamics can talk there. If anything interesting is talked there we can save it for when the forum comes back so everyone can read it.
I don't mind creating it myself.
Yeah, why not.
Not sure how it would work out but... There is only one way to find out :).
As for Reddit, there is a reddit that posted some recent articles:
Not too familiar with Discord, but if anyone wants to go for it, why not.
Alright.
Given that discord also allow us to speak on voice chat and that I'm more familiar with it, I'll start with it as soon as I can.
Ideally it would be reserved for PU alumni only. When I'm familiarized with modding and make the server I'll post about it.
I also want to clarify: when I said "deleted" I meant through the glitch/bug. I can see how it can be understood otherwise though.
So yes I know the posts were lost due to a bug/glitch in the DB.
And yes I agree: important to clarify.
Quote from Power Duck on January 30, 2024, 12:58 pmIdeally it would be reserved for PU alumni only. When I'm familiarized with modding and make the server I'll post about it.
BOOM!
Yeah it would be an absolute tragedy and waste if this all disappeared, discord is a great way for us to keep in touch and have an easy access way to make new inquiries, search, and update pre-existing lines. I've really enjoyed reading journals like Bel's Thought's and Lucio's Journal so it would be good to have a place to transition to.
Quote from Power Duck on January 30, 2024, 12:58 pmAlright.Given that discord also allow us to speak on voice chat and that I'm more familiar with it, I'll start with it as soon as I can.
Ideally it would be reserved for PU alumni only. When I'm familiarized with modding and make the server I'll post about it.
Looking forward to it!
Just wanted to post a couple things but if I post them, then I send the wrong message :D.
So waiting for the discord.
P.S.:
My unrequested 2 cents is that keeping it high-ish expertise and with a good balance of questions VS advice will be key.
I have  a lot of experience on Discord and I can make a server right now and give mod perms to people who join and identify themselves. I do have a lot going on right now though so I won't be able to set things up for awhile but I'll leave it to you guys
Server:
Cheers zathrian
I'll create a post in "PU talks" about the discord server. So we can chip in there without writing in other sections.
