Jeffery, I'm all in favor of archiving if possible, though I can't imagine anyone would ever have any use for old political rants.
My goal is to keep us online with as little fuss and expense as possible.
Most of the work is going to fall on Doug's shoulders. He's a busy man and I don't want to ask too much of him.
As with all things I prefer to look to the future rather than live in the past.
Topping our current list of "popular topics" is Martha's book thread. She's been dead for over ten years and no one has used that forum for years. Looking over the forums I see that one hasn't had an entry since 2013.
It's time to shuffle sh*t around and create a new board that serves our needs and stays within our limited budget.
I disagree on a couple of things...sorry.
One of the problems with the board as it is now is that it's very difficult to search the archives but the main thing is, I disagree that "no one has any use for old political rants", because
in many cases, they are not rants.
I value just about every single word ever uttered here.
We have enjoyed some of the wisest political minds in this place, and I say that based on a rather vast amount of experience elsewhere.
It's not that I think EVERYTHING written here is gold, but let's just say that the ORE is dense and rich, and should be preserved for the day when refining that ore becomes easier.
In other words, I cannot imagine just throwing away nearly thirty years of conversations, much of which is incredibly valuable.
Maybe there hasn't been an entry on Martha's book page since 2013 because everything that needed to be said was said already.
The last entry in the "Trump's Trumpet" thread was by Golem on Tuesday Nov 08 2016 at 11:58 AM and that thread has enjoyed 3,690,499 views.
All I am asking for is a chance to ARCHIVE that stuff...it doesn't HAVE to be directly accessible here, but archives can be linked to.
And I will cheerfully donate a large hard drive for that purpose.
I'm glad you at least agree that we CAN preserve in some way.
For me, the big question is: What is the total size of the entire message database altogether?
