Forum Update
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 10:14 am
Hey everybody,
Wanted to give you an update on the forum progress since it went into the rejuvenation mode on May 14th. I went on Facebook and joined three Mosrite groups in an effort to promote and restart this forum with a bunch of "likes" and comments in support. This resulted in 19 new members joining but to this date on two of those new members have posted anything and 17 that joined and have never revisited this website.
To give you an idea of the PIA it is to monitor new member registration, each and every IP address and email address has to be manually searched and checked against several areas on the internet for spam or as fictitious. Numerous spammers are registering daily and only about one in twenty are legitimate users that can pass the spam test. It takes the enjoyment out of monitoring the forum. Basically it simply is not worth the effort. For now Mel Waldorf will keep paying the expensive of hosting the website but it will no longer be monitored.
My plan was to monitor the forums progress for three weeks and decide then if it was worth the effort to keep it open to new members or close it again for new registration and let it remain as a 'read only' to the public page. Those members that are already in will still be able to continue posting but my hopes for rejuvenating the forum have faded. So, effective Monday June 6, this forum will be closed for new registrations.
It's been a fun ride since I started this forum in 2008 but honestly it has ran it's course. Thank you all for the years of participation and being a Mosrite friend.
Danny
Wanted to give you an update on the forum progress since it went into the rejuvenation mode on May 14th. I went on Facebook and joined three Mosrite groups in an effort to promote and restart this forum with a bunch of "likes" and comments in support. This resulted in 19 new members joining but to this date on two of those new members have posted anything and 17 that joined and have never revisited this website.
To give you an idea of the PIA it is to monitor new member registration, each and every IP address and email address has to be manually searched and checked against several areas on the internet for spam or as fictitious. Numerous spammers are registering daily and only about one in twenty are legitimate users that can pass the spam test. It takes the enjoyment out of monitoring the forum. Basically it simply is not worth the effort. For now Mel Waldorf will keep paying the expensive of hosting the website but it will no longer be monitored.
My plan was to monitor the forums progress for three weeks and decide then if it was worth the effort to keep it open to new members or close it again for new registration and let it remain as a 'read only' to the public page. Those members that are already in will still be able to continue posting but my hopes for rejuvenating the forum have faded. So, effective Monday June 6, this forum will be closed for new registrations.
It's been a fun ride since I started this forum in 2008 but honestly it has ran it's course. Thank you all for the years of participation and being a Mosrite friend.
Danny