Alternative Site?

[DTCwordfan]

Reference wolf's response in the New Trick thread.

'It was a fun site but the general running and moderation has upset many people.  Posts are zapped without justification etc etc. I might need to find another site to lurk on.'

For interest, what alternatives are there out there? And if so what are their strengths/weaknesses?

And how long will this thread last?

 

[retrocop]

You can find a few on google showing conditions and type subjects on offer, country of origin of the site and whether free or subscription.Quite a choice.

[retrocop]

The way things are going today. Not much longer I would suggest. The natives are getting restless or itchy feet.

[jno]

I suppose you can talk away for ever on the likes of X and Facebook, but when you have an audience of millions it's much the same as having an audience of none. AB is more or less a companionable size - depending on how many people you want to communicate with.

But it's really a Q&A site that got big.

[naomi24]

Happy hunting and lurking, DTC.  Should we say goodbye now?

[DTCwordfan]

Not yet, naomi, but I am becoming increasingly disillusioned with the site here - like many I hasten to say.

[davebro3]

I don't wizz around social media much but I've not seen a site quite like this one. Came initially for xword answers & got sucked in! 

(Quora is awful)

[barry1010]

You're a clever chap, DTC.  Have you considered setting a site up yourself?

[naomi24]

Well, you can only try, DTC.  No point being unhappy.  Good luck.

[DTCwordfan]

I don't have the neessary computer skills, nor the resources - and I would have to give a lot of thought to the remuneration platform, barry....

[barry1010]

You could do it for the love of it :)  I wonder how much it would cost...far more than I think, probably

[Redhelen72]

There was an alternative site set up some years ago by a member so it can't be that difficult 

[ladybirder]

Have any of you tried Digital Spy?  Lots of different subjects to chat about.  Much bigger than AB I seem to remember.

[gulliver1]

It's quite obvious that Ed has already sold this site .It is great pitty that the Ab association of Mods managed to scrape the money together to buy it.The end of what was once a first class Site. RIP

[DTCwordfan]

thanks Ladybirder - will have a look at that.....

[barry1010]

And still you're here, gulliver.  

[jackthehat]

I think it would be quite obvious had the Mods clubbed together, gulliver, because I am pretty sure that your feet wouldn't have touched.....

[douglas9401]

I couldn't start over on a new site. It took me years to identify the complete roasters on this one, life's too short.

[gulliver1]

DTC @ 17.51 Thanks ladybirder so will I. Looking forward to talking to you and DTC on that site. lol

[retrocop]

I doubt that gulliver. I have just trawled through their Site Rules of which there are any more than on here. There stance on trolls ,if sincere, is concise and you would not get through the door. It's only the mods that allow you to post your pages of nonsense day in day out. Because your trolling and goading generates so many responses the max they are instructed to do is give you a 48 hour suspension. If the rule ontrolling and its definition was applied correctly on this site there would be no need for this post and talk of a max exodus.Your last post was goading pure and simple.

[jourdain2]

I would really miss AB, it's taken a long time to  get to know and really like many posters - and I've often had great help offered. It's the only social media I do, apart from a limited facebook page (I know everyone on it). I agree it's not what it was though and that is very sad. 

There used to be decent debates as well, between people who knew the rules of courteous debating.