Nimbus
Active Member
I'd have to simply hope the mods here wield the banhammer wisely and perhaps even proactively.
Hate to add to your concern, but SSP Calgary’s death spiral aside, the site itself is on its last legs. The version of VBulletin that runs the site is old and vulnerable security wise. A lot of providers won’t even let you run the site like that on their network anymore. The owner is going to have to upgrade by starting a whole new site or let this one runs its course and then pull the plug. I give it a year, two years tops.
After that of course all those users are going to be looking for a forum. So yeah, your concern is legit.
My crystal ball tells me that's exactly what will happenI'd have to simply hope the mods here wield the banhammer wisely and perhaps even proactively.
For other cities, yes, but not the remaining members of the Calgary forum. A half dozen or so members are good, but the rest wouldn't be beneficial to SRC. Some of the biggest idiots you'll ever meet.I'd love to get them here. Beyond Calgary and Edmonton (and Toronto) we're pretty much a work in progress. I'd love to figure out how to encourage them to come here.
Interesting. I would guess that the owner would upgrade though. They already have a lot of users, wouldn't upgrade be the smart move?Hate to add to your concern, but SSP Calgary’s death spiral aside, the site itself is on its last legs. The version of VBulletin that runs the site is old and vulnerable security wise. A lot of providers won’t even let you run the site like that on their network anymore. The owner is going to have to upgrade by starting a whole new site or let this one runs its course and then pull the plug. I give it a year, two years tops.
After that of course all those users are going to be looking for a forum. So yeah, your concern is legit.
Interesting. I would guess that the owner would upgrade though. They already have a lot of users, wouldn't upgrade be the smart move?
Interesting. I would guess that the owner would upgrade though. They already have a lot of users, wouldn't upgrade be the smart move?
I used to be a mod at SSP years ago and still keep in touch with some of the mods. Word is the owner D***n has checked out and is letting the site run its course until the plug is pulled.Seems to be an abseentee landlord. At least the last time we talked.
I don't want to beat a dead horse, but I stopped by SSP, since I haven't been there for a while, and it's even worse than it was before! The airport thread is the only decent thread. I knew the construction thread was going to crash and burn at some point, but not so soon. My concern is now is the possibility that all of the users move over here. Outside of maybe 4 or 5 members still there, the rest are better off there and not here.
If this is who I think it is, you're one of those good ones I was talking aboutWe're not all bad
Welcome to SRC also known as SSP V2.0We're not all bad
Interesting to hear about the absentee owner of SSP. Explains why I constantly get warnings popping up saying it is an unsecure site. Also explains the general appearance that mods there just donmt give a shit anymore. As bad as it has gotten I’ll be sad to see it go. What will happen to that database of skyscraper diagrams?
Interesting to hear about the absentee owner of SSP. Explains why I constantly get warnings popping up saying it is an unsecure site. Also explains the general appearance that mods there just donmt give a shit anymore. As bad as it has gotten I’ll be sad to see it go. What will happen to that database of skyscraper diagrams?