WTF Is Going On?

[BearLover]

"Oh, you think the president is doing a bad job? Then why don't you be president?"

[BearLover]

To be clear, if Age has more important things to do than run this forum, then I actually think that's great. He should absolutely do that. I'd just like to see things delegated so that the forum can be maintained or at least get an explanation of why that isn't happening.

[The Rancor]

Classic cake-eater behavior. Show up late, contribute nothing, complain about everything, and act shocked that volunteers aren't meeting your standards.

[BearLover]

Classic cake-eater behavior. Show up late, contribute nothing, complain about everything, and act shocked that volunteers aren't meeting your standards.

You sound extremely confused about how Internet forums are run and also about the concept of Internet forums in general. Have you ever used an Internet forum before, other than this one? Do you think the average user contributes to maintaining an Internet forum? Do you think forum members should just chill when there are 100 Russian spamposts per day? Do you have any interest in actually growing the forum by adding new members, or do you just want the same tiny, dwindling group of posters to be posting the same crap until the whole website dies off? Do you know of any other active forums that are overrun with this much spam?

If the "volunteers" weren't "meeting my standards" (which isn't true), then I would happily volunteer to become a moderator. But that wouldn't solve the problem! Because the moderators are apparently unequipped to fix the problem! That's the whole point! The entire forum doesn't function because the mods, who are trying to maintain this website, don't have the power to do so! Therefore, it would be great to have some transparency regarding what steps are being taken to stop this forum from dying off.

[The Rancor]

You aren't a member. We are guests.

The funny thing is nobody disagrees with your diagnosis. The forum has a spam problem. We disagree with your entitlement. Every post reads like you're filing a complaint with management when management is basically one retired hockey fan.

[BearLover]

You aren't a member. We are guests.

The funny thing is nobody disagrees with your diagnosis. The forum has a spam problem. We disagree with your entitlement. Every post reads like you're filing a complaint with management when management is basically one retired hockey fan.

Yawn. It's been like eight months and nothing has been fixed. I've been very clear I don't blame Age, or the mods, or anybody in particular. But the forum does not function at the moment (people cannot even sign up) and nothing is being done about it nor is anyone with insight into the issue putting forth a plan to fix it.

What's your solution?

[BearLover]

You aren't a member. We are guests.

It says I'm a member at the bottom of the screen...?

[stereax]

For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure turning off new account making is intended as a stopgap.

[Will]

For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure turning off new account making is intended as a stopgap.

This makes sense to me. I don't think there are a great number of new Cornell hockey fans wishing to discuss hockey stuff over the summer months. The risk of turning away new fans right now is pretty low, compared to the obvious benefit of stemming the tide of new foreign spambot accounts posting in the forum.

That said, I remain hopeful that we'll have a better solution in place before the start of the new season in the fall.

[BearLover]

For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure turning off new account making is intended as a stopgap.

This makes sense to me. I don't think there are a great number of new Cornell hockey fans wishing to discuss hockey stuff over the summer months. The risk of turning away new fans right now is pretty low, compared to the obvious benefit of stemming the tide of new foreign spambot accounts posting in the forum.

That said, I remain hopeful that we'll have a better solution in place before the start of the new season in the fall.

I agree 100%