It might be time.....

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Re: It might be time.....

Post by Pinklepurr » 27th Nov, '13, 09:24

daffodil wrote:If the issue is lack of traffic rather than cost, not sure how a FB group would change that situation.

Hey PP - been to Melbourne a few times for work in the last couple of months and will most likely be there again in Feb, time to put a face to the name methinks! :)

Now that sounds like a good idea...sent you a PM ;)
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Re: It might be time.....

Post by Morrolan » 27th Nov, '13, 09:51

damn, that would mean i have to get on Facebook...

but the forum is just about dead, it's true. too bad. it still is sort of the 'old' place.

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Re: It might be time.....

Post by Lichtgestalt » 27th Nov, '13, 16:09

Not a google group... then you might as well leave the board up...

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Re: It might be time.....

Post by chocolate » 28th Nov, '13, 22:06

awwww this post makes me sad...thank you baloo for keeping us up and running! I'm very thankful for all the friends i've made through this board but if it's time to move on, so be it :( !
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Re: It might be time.....

Post by Bender » 29th Nov, '13, 05:25

What does it actually take ($ and effort) to keep this running?
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Re: It might be time.....

Post by baloo » 29th Nov, '13, 05:32

Bender wrote:What does it actually take ($ and effort) to keep this running?
It's not the effort, especially these days.

Killing spammers. Watching for board sw updates and picking which ones to install (because of the customisation it's a bit fiddly).

BUT - This isn't about the money or the effort. It's about closing down the board with some dignity rather than letting turn into some internet wasteland full of spam and nothing else.

Consider it board Euthanasia rather than letting it rot away with leprosy in a dark dank corner
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Re: It might be time.....

Post by Lili Von Shtupp » 29th Nov, '13, 23:42

I was a relative latecomer to it and was glad to be welcomed. I always said this place was my water cooler, a break from the work-from-home solitude. FB is fun, but TLC has been a Go To place for things I can't talk about on FB but would love advice and an ear on. My Girls!

Wherever you guys go, I'll tag along.
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Re: It might be time.....

Post by avatarless » 30th Nov, '13, 02:49

Many thanks, Baloo, for your efforts over the years. Take care everybody!

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Re: It might be time.....

Post by slinky » 2nd Dec, '13, 15:55

End of an era, I guess - sniff sniff :(

Like many others have already said, this was a place I met some great people. It still amazes me how many of them have since left Singapore given nearly all of them were here when I first found this place. The TLC has been in invaluable place and certainly will be missed. Ladies, perhaps we need a closed FB group - ?

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Re: It might be time.....

Post by Pinklepurr » 2nd Dec, '13, 18:43

Good idea Slinky, well for those of us on FB anyway.
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Re: It might be time.....

Post by slinky » 2nd Dec, '13, 19:30

I'll look into how to set up a closed group if you ladies want to try it, I just need to know everyone's real names (or at least the names of those I don't already know) :lol:

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Re: It might be time.....

Post by Pinklepurr » 3rd Dec, '13, 09:56

It's pretty easy to set up a private group, but you do have to have someone as the originator/admin of it. Just go to help/popular features/groups and it tells you how to do it.
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Re: It might be time.....

Post by slinky » 3rd Dec, '13, 10:02

I took a quick look yesterday, PP, and it seems pretty straightforward. I guess the way everyone would be given access would be to state their board name in a PM at the time of requesting to join? I know the majority of real names already, but for the few I don't that's all I can think of to do. Can't imagine too many random people trying to join a group called Singaporum Ladies Club - or whatever :lol:

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Re: It might be time.....

Post by Tas » 3rd Dec, '13, 11:42

You going to do the set up Slinks?
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Re: It might be time.....

Post by slinky » 3rd Dec, '13, 14:04

Tas wrote:You going to do the set up Slinks?
I'll get on it later today and post here how to find it :D

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Re: It might be time.....

Post by Pinklepurr » 5th Dec, '13, 19:05

Slinks? Did you work out how to do it?
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Re: It might be time.....

Post by cromasaig » 7th Dec, '13, 05:41

I'm late to this - and therefore a perfect example of why the board is closing.

Thank you Baloo, and others, for providing a refuge for (comparatively) sane people in Singapore and beyond. It's brought me advice, amusement and treasured friends.

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Re: It might be time.....

Post by Addadude » 9th Dec, '13, 11:47

Sadly I would have to agree. This forum has pretty much run its course. I'm certainly grateful for all the info it's provided over the years and the people I have subsequently met. (Thanks Cookie for the original invite to join back in 2006.)
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Re: It might be time.....

Post by Sardonicus » 10th Dec, '13, 22:54

I for one would not like to see it go, but can understand why it may. It's the one place I post, the other forums are not for me.

I probably won't join the FB page, though a few know me here I prefer my relative anonymity and don't want to mix my FB with my FB peeps, they are separate worlds.

Plus Mrs. S never got around to the LTC and had always planned to but life got in the way and she forgot.

Like Addadude, I learned a lot here, hope I contributed a little, and will keep watching this space. I will especially miss TV To Watch, as I find myself high and dry again.
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Re: It might be time.....

Post by avatarless » 11th Dec, '13, 12:07

Maybe put up the lights one last time, baloo? :)

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Re: It might be time.....

Post by Lili Von Shtupp » 12th Dec, '13, 13:58

avatarless wrote:Maybe put up the lights one last time, baloo? :)
God bless us, every one. :cry:
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Re: It might be time.....

Post by Pinklepurr » 12th Dec, '13, 14:54

Oh yes, one more set of smashing lights! Please...
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Re: It might be time.....

Post by baloo » 12th Dec, '13, 19:35

I need to find the theme and install it again. Bear with me
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Re: It might be time.....

Post by Lichtgestalt » 13th Dec, '13, 04:00

What about a countdown for the shutdown?

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Re: It might be time.....

Post by Jedi » 13th Dec, '13, 11:21

Yes I agree.

Boss man please give us a shutdown date/time. It's better to burn out, than to fade away!

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