Fare-well, Bezzer

It’s been good to have you around.

MichaelG.

Absolutely Peak4. All you need to do for that approach is not post. Then you can come back 3 months or a year later or not as the case may be.

Ah, perhaps it’s like The Hotel California,

“Relax, ” said the night man
“We are programmed to receive
You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave!”

The Eagles.

On 3 November 2023 at 22:23 Bezzer Said:

Still here 🙁 tried to delete account again, ticked the “I understand the consequences” box, send and it just goes to a completely blank page and stays there.

Hi Bezzer,

I’ve logged the bug.

But please reconsider!   The forum is irritating at the moment as a consequence of unplanned malfunctions, not because it’s deliberately designed to annoy.

A difficult history has landed Mortons with a big list of problems, and they are having to prioritise.   They are currently concentrating on poor performance, which I think may be responsible for several intermittent bugs, and getting “Latest Replies” to work properly.  Then on to the other issues.  It may take a while to straighten this out.

If the forum experience is too upsetting at the moment, I recommend taking a break rather than pressing the self-destruct button!  The  delete option is normally only used by members who’ve got into a spat, taken offence, and want to make a grand exit!  When interest wanes, or the problem is temporary, easier just to let the account lie fallow.

Dave

On 4 November 2023 at 11:00 SillyOldDuffer Said:

On 3 November 2023 at 22:23 Bezzer Said:

Still here 🙁 tried to delete account again, ticked the “I understand the consequences” box, send and it just goes to a completely blank page and stays there.

Hi Bezzer,

I’ve logged the bug.

But please reconsider!   The forum is irritating at the moment as a consequence of unplanned malfunctions, not because it’s deliberately designed to annoy.

…………….

Dave

 

 

Dave, nothing against Bezzer with this comment, but to use this as an example; I hope Mick doesn’t mind.
When Bezzer is able to delete his account, will all his 250+ posts be removed as well, or will they just become “Anonymous” or “Former Member”
If everything goes, threads, topics, posts etc get broken for all, current and future, users researching back on stuff, including him of course; on the other hand if they remain against his wishes, does that raise copyright issues for written content, photos etc
Were there different copyright agreements on the old forum to this one, if so which apply?

I’ve commented elsewhere, as an issue, that this forum strips exif from uploaded photos, and thus removes any embedded copyright information. (as ever, there is no feedback as to whether anyone has logged the potential problem)

Bill

I just deleted one of the test accounts that I was using without any problems and I’ve done it previously with out issue. I wonder if it is only not deleting accounts that have been carried over from the old forum?

Yes, I’d read Clause 3.2 before raising my query, and come to a similar conclusion to Michael.
What I don’t know, is what a member originally signed up to when they first registered on the previous forum, particularly as the magazine owner may have also changed during the life of that forum.
It is indeed complicated, and I would hope that a professional publishing outfit, such as Mortons, would have a handle on the legalities.
Personally I’m happy for anyone to use my contributions, so long as they are not for their financial gain.
According to Pixsy, I have photos from my Flickr account all over the internet; occasionally, a publisher has asked first. 🙂
It’s one of the reasons I embed copyright info into the exif of my photos.
Facebook strips out exif, but I often dual process my output, adding a signature/watermark for that platform.

Bill

Myhobbystore did basically say that anything put onto the forum they then had the right to use as they saw fit. So could use it in the magazine, on the website, etc.

I have been looking at the site daily,just to see the comments and to hope for progress.

I am now convinced that a lot of the problems people are /have experienced is due to the machine and system they are using. I have a reasonably powerful PC with Win 10 and Firefox. All settings are as default and I have not installed any “clever”software.  Reading a lot of the complaints about loading problems I have been confused at times, because I have not seen the same things. As a for instance, comments were made about flashing adverts. I had none of that. The banner add did move to the left after a time, but that was always so. At the moment  I access the site from a Bookmark,clicking the green Forum takes me to Latest posts ,without loging in. If I read a post to the last posting and continue to scroll, it runs into the Latest posts again, which all seems pretty easy. I have no problems with the clear black type on a white background either.

I have yet to try to make a posting including photos,which was always my stumbling block on the old site, but I will  try it later.

Keith

On 6 November 2023 at 20:48 KEITH BEAUMONT Said:

I have been looking at the site daily,just to see the comments and to hope for progress.

I am now convinced that a lot of the problems people are /have experienced is due to the machine and system they are using. I have a reasonably powerful PC with Win 10 and Firefox. All settings are as default and I have not installed any “clever”software.  Reading a lot of the complaints about loading problems I have been confused at times, because I have not seen the same things. As a for instance, comments were made about flashing adverts. I had none of that. The banner add did move to the left after a time, but that was always so. At the moment  I access the site from a Bookmark,clicking the green Forum takes me to Latest posts ,without loging in. If I read a post to the last posting and continue to scroll, it runs into the Latest posts again, which all seems pretty easy. I have no problems with the clear black type on a white background either.

I have yet to try to make a posting including photos,which was always my stumbling block on the old site, but I will  try it later.

Keith

It’s just not possible that thousands of us have faulty machines causing slow loading of websites, maybe your not used to how fast forums should normally load!, I have a new extremely high spec machine and very fast  b/band and forums I use load instantly and change pages instantly, Here I wait for ages for the first page to load and then 10 seconds or more to change page.

I suppose it depends if you call that a flashing or changing advert, I would term them all changing with the “all my reads” being the one with the most rapid rate of change.

It also depends what you are viewing the forum on. If Keith is using a phone then you really don’t see the “All My Reads” one unless you scroll right to the bottom as they are not displayed at the side like they are on larger screened devices. As Keith says it may be due to the device being used

On 9 November 2023 at 07:10 JasonB Said:

I suppose it depends if you call that a flashing or changing advert, I would term them all changing with the “all my reads” being the one with the most rapid rate of change.

It also depends what you are viewing the forum on. If Keith is using a phone then you really don’t see the “All My Reads” one unless you scroll right to the bottom as they are not displayed at the side like they are on larger screened devices. As Keith says it may be due to the device being used

Well, Jason …

1. The ‘allmyreads.com’ advert certainly looks like a pathetic Flasher to me … as depicted in the famous Monty Python sketch
2. Keith did state that he was using a Windows 10 computer

So please permit me to remain bewildered

MichaelG.