This is going to happen!!

[YaBB Master (Colin)]

Well I've left it for a year, but it seems this dinosaur of social media is still being used, but I am going to trim it down.
It seems that people still want somewhere to post with no adverts and can't be tracked.

So to start with:

All posts over 500 days old will be deleted.
Popular topics will be made more prominent, like the 'Arts' section and others dropped.
Only topics relating to Fairport will be visible to non-members.
New members by request of current members only.  
Members not logging on for a year will be deleted.

So how does that sound?

[Jules Gray]

Sounds fine to me.

Would you also archive the Q and As with special guests? That stuff is priceless.

Jules

[MarkV]

Sounds good to me also.

[PL (Peter)]

Sounds good to me. Making it slim and trim but keeping the precious core.
Thank you.

[Will S]

Thanks YaBB. Sounds good to me as well.

[PaulT]

Sounds good to me. Making it slim and trim but keeping the precious core.
Thank you.

Slim n' trim - little-known Americana duo comprising a dietician and a hairdresser.

Sound great to me, Colin/YABB - many thanks for all you do...........

[mickf]

Good. Whatever keeps the place going. Thanks Colin.

[Brendan]

Smashing Colin

[Poor Will (Bill)]

Thanks Colin!

[Bridgwit (Bridget)]

Sounds good to me! Great that we’re staying - thanks Colin  

[Lubiloo (Lorna)]

Thank you Colin, as others have  said ...so glad we are staying. Will DMs still exist in the new world?

[David V B]

All sounds very reasonable. Thank you for all you are doing to keep things going.

[Amethyst (Jenny)]

Thank you YABB, it all sounds perfect x

[PJayBe]

A good way forward, be a shame to lose this board forever.

[Martin F]

New members by request of current members only.

I think this is most likely to kill the board.

[Nick]

New members by request of current members only.

I think this is most likely to kill the board.

It may actually increase board usage.

Looking back through the most recent new members, the vast majority never post. Those that do seem to be connected to existing members or share some connection with the bands or the festival. Active membership had for a long time been through word of mouth.

Meanwhile, Colin and I spend a lot of time looking through new applications, finding that almost all of them are from spam and phishing accounts. So the current membership system isn't really working that well.

So strangely enough, A membership system that is more in the hands (or word of mouth) of the regulars will likely lead to an increase in newly active members.

Cheers

Nick

[davidmjs]

All fine by me...

[David (terrrrrrrr)]

I'm happy with that.

[Bernie]

It was mentioned before that gurus and Dan's were ok. Colin says that all members are ok. Does that mean senior members and full members? The thing is once anyone is shut out, how do you get in touch with those on the board you know if you dont have their personal e mails etc  to ask to be a member??
I agree there are scammers and phishers about but can the genuine peeps have a chance to request this from the gurus who are allowed...what will be the procedure? I give many thanks to Colin and Nick who have over the years spent much time working on this board. Most people are positive and friendly.
I do hope we can continue with the genuine fans of Fairport and the alternative comments on here.

[Delfini (Diane)]

Thank you Yabb.
This is a place that has made such a difference to me, and has opened up my life in so many different ways. I am so thankful that I idly clicked on the link years ago.