Why I am leaving

[infra_red_dude]

@infra_red_dude
I will agree that some people are after admins and mods which is not right but they are actually frustrated. Whenever anyone thinks of opening the Tutorial, QnA & Troubleshooting forums so that he can help others, he is always 'waiting for reply.' So, how can he help other people?

Maybe its just me, apart from the 'widely known issues' (The quick reply error, the visitor's message error), I face no issues with the forum. But then I'm not that frequent hence it makes sense to me. Thus you guys are the right people to highlight this issue which I agree must not be the case with a well-respected forum like TDF.

I'm sorry, I don't get what you mean by 'waiting for reply'.

well when i try to quote some post i get this error.

As long as its just not a quote of the above post and contains at least one character you wont get that error.

Rightly explained by FilledVoid.

I've never gotten this error. Learn the proper use and then criticize.

 

[rhitwick]

Rightly explained by FilledVoid.

I've never error gotten this error. Learn the proper use and then criticize.

Agreed.

If u quote something, that doesn't come as an input.

 

[skeletor]

I'm sorry, I don't get what you mean by 'waiting for reply'.

Pages take ages to load.

Sometimes this continues for a very long time, and I've to call my forum friends and verify from them whether are they also facing the same problem and they too face it.

 

[infra_red_dude]

Pages take ages to load.

Sometimes this continues for a very long time, and I've to call my forum friends and verify from them whether are they also facing the same problem and they too face it.

Yes, thats why I said that people like you who frequent the forum are the right people to highlight these issues.

 

[Deleted member 26636]

Rightly explained by FilledVoid.

I've never gotten this error. Learn the proper use and then criticize.

well am sorry then...thanx for pointing the mistake.

 

[Ethan_Hunt]

@Infra: It's been highlighted time & again. But it's very odd that no one seems to give a rat's ass anymore. I have been here for quite a long time & have never experienced these issues when it was phpBB layout. Infra I supposed you know those days better. It used to be a simplistic look & had next to zero issues. There were rarely any load times for this forum. I could refresh in & out within seconds. That too with an internet speed of 128KBps. Now I have a 2Mbps line & that's still not enough to load/refresh this site? Is that how it's supposed to work out? Try heading into the "Must watch movies recommended by ThinkDigitians" thread. It takes forever to get into the thread, replying to anything is another nightmare.

To be honest, I don't want this stylish Vbulletin look or anything like that. I would rather prefer the old & well sort out phpBB look any day. If admins atleast responded in someway to any of these threads, then there would be a 2 way communication. Else it would just be us highlighting & echoing it back to ourselves. Don't mean to compare but take TechEncalve forum as an example. It's perhaps the most well managed & proper Indian Tech forum that I have seen. Every mod & every freakin' admin seems to have equal amount of interest in the smooth functioning of the forum. They have special sections dedicated to improvement/feedback of the forum.

A request to the Admins, please respond to the ongoing issues, else god forbid, it may meet the same fate as Skoar once did, A spam infested dungeon.

 

[infra_red_dude]

@Infra: It's been highlighted time & again. But it's very odd that no one seems to give a rat's ass anymore. I have been here for quite a long time & have never experienced these issues when it was phpBB layout. Infra I supposed you know those days better. It used to be a simplistic look & had next to zero issues. There were rarely any load times for this forum. I could refresh in & out within seconds. That too with an internet speed of 128KBps. Now I have a 2Mbps line & that's still not enough to load/refresh this site? Is that how it's supposed to work out? Try heading into the "Must watch movies recommended by ThinkDigitians" thread. It takes forever to get into the thread, replying to anything is another nightmare.

To be honest, I don't want this stylish Vbulletin look or anything like that. I would rather prefer the old & well sort out phpBB look any day. If admins atleast responded in someway to any of these threads, then there would be a 2 way communication. Else it would just be us highlighting & echoing it back to ourselves. Don't mean to compare but take TechEncalve forum as an example. It's perhaps the most well managed & proper Indian Tech forum that I have seen. Every mod & every freakin' admin seems to have equal amount of interest in the smooth functioning of the forum. They have special sections dedicated to improvement/feedback of the forum.

A request to the Admins, please respond to the ongoing issues, else god forbid, it may meet the same fate as Skoar once did, A spam infested dungeon.

I've never ever said that the Technical issues be ignored. All I am saying is that I don't face these issues hence my comments don't count which makes you, forum regulars, the right people to highlight these issues. I am pointing out the degraded quality of posts and the fact that its wrong to point fingers at mods/admins for everything (not in the case of technical issues tho! Coz its only the admins who can handle it).

 

[Ecstasy]

If anyone (especially mods) has the admins phone number then you can try calling him up saying that its an 'emergency situation'.

Anyway, I personally don't have any hopes with this forum but I can't believe this either, 6 admins and no one does anything about any of the forum issues.

Seriously lame!!

 

[amitabhishek]

I guess admins are reading this (if at all) with a pinch of salt!

None of us are paying for this service. We don't own what we don't pay. Maintaining a forum costs real money. If we are so much concerned about this forum let us dig out some contact details (at the digit) and meet those guys. Ranting, cat fighting, quoting each other, WTFing, WTHing, LOLing, ROFLing, OMGFLing, XYZing at each other will not help. Last thread on almost the same topic went way off the mark (and had to be finally locked). The second thread on "suggestions" is bulging like Bappi Lahiri's waist (without any action).

If someone wants to rant they are free to do so (thats what these forums are all about). If someone wants to leave they are free to do so. As long as the forum is live people will keep on coming.There will still be people to help out in "Open Source". There will still be people to recommend a mobile. There will still be people to review the gadgets. There will still be people to post random news.

If you guys don't believe me visit this forum again after 6 months.

 

[Ethan_Hunt]

I've never ever said that the Technical issues be ignored. All I am saying is that I don't face these issues hence my comments don't count which makes you, forum regulars, the right people to highlight these issues. I am pointing out the degraded quality of posts and the fact that its wrong to point fingers at mods/admins for everything (not in the case of technical issues tho! Coz its only the admins who can handle it).

I understand what you're trying to convey but, you need to realise is that the technical issue need to be sorted out first. I have never blamed any admin or mod. I am well aware that mods don't play a role in fixing up the forums technical loopholes. They can surely clean up other mess like the spam & unwanted threads. That is well taken care off till some extent. But the major concern still stands with technical aspect taking centre stage here. Unless they are addressed, the forum will have a hard time managing it's active user base.

 

[IronManForever]

Search function is now even crappier.
Quick Reply not working
Forum Jump removed.
Online user list removed.
No. of Users viewing a section removed.

Search function is now even crappier.
Quick Reply not working
Forum Jump removed.
Online user list removed.
No. of Users viewing a section removed.

Double quoted for emphasizing..

I am sure this this is gonna be a Double post.. STUPID BUG!

If these guys cant get rid of bugs, what can they do? Duh!
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Search function is now even crappier.
Quick Reply not working
Forum Jump removed.
Online user list removed.
No. of Users viewing a section removed.

Search function is now even crappier.
Quick Reply not working
Forum Jump removed.
Online user list removed.
No. of Users viewing a section removed.

Double quoted for emphasizing..

I am sure this this is gonna be a Double post.. STUPID BUG!

If these guys cant get rid of bugs, what can they do? Duh!
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AND The 'Edit' button doesnt work for me most of the times..
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AND The 'Edit' button doesnt work for me most of the times..

 

[utsav]

naya pHOrum banate hai aur usme post karte hain .lets start QUIT TDF movement

 

[alexanderthegreat]

^^Paisa kya khet me ugaoge????

On topic: Ummm... guys, did you know that the online users list has not been disabled??? It's just been removed from the front page. It is only accessible by the members. Click Quick Links>Who's Online. Duh!

 

[utsav]

^^Paisa kya khet me ugaoge????

Kyu kitne paise lagte hai bhai? Yaar i know how much money is required and that can be easily covered by adding few text ads .

 

[tarey_g]

Well , some ppl tried it (*forum.techspot.in) . but sadly didn't achieve what was expected.

I am still here because of old friends. Otherwise TE is far better option.

 

[chinmay]

Well , some ppl tried it (*forum.techspot.in) . but sadly didn't achieve what was expected.

I am still here because of old friends. Otherwise TE is far better option.

+1

Although, most of my old friends have moved on too.

I mostly lurk around at times because I am active on IRC.

 

[chinmay]

Well , some ppl tried it (*forum.techspot.in) . but sadly didn't achieve what was expected.

I am still here because of old friends. Otherwise TE is far better option.

+1

Although, most of my old friends have moved on too.

I mostly lurk around at times because I am active on IRC.

 

[pimpom]

Personally, I am not leaving this forum for good - yet - because I've become less and less regular here anyway, sometimes being absent for months. Therefore, the technical issues are more of a minor annoyance to me.

OTOH, I can well understand and sympathise with the frustration of those for whom the forum is a major part of their social and technical activities.

A comparison can be made with the ever-late delivery of subscriber copies of the magazine. Many of us complained till we were blue in the face, but it didn't do any good and subscriber copies always arrived much later than newsstand copies. That is why I have stopped subscribing for the past one year. When they sent a renewal reminder, I stated once more my reasons for not renewing, but got no response. Now I don't even buy the mag from a newsstand.

Someone said earlier that we are not paying for the forum (and, by implication, that the admins have no obligation to us). I respectfully beg to disagree. The forum was started and became known because of the magazine. The magazine exists because people buy it.

Sure, ads pay for part of the cost of publishing the mag and maintaning the forum. But will they get any advertisements if no one buys the mag or participates in the forum? NO. We are ultimately the ones who make the mag and the forum a successful business enterprise. Therefore, they have a BIG obligation to redress any reasonable complaint we have.

 

[krates]

hmmm.. i find some improvement in page loading time...

 

[rhitwick]

^Wat?
After trying 6 times since morning, I was able to Log-in now...