This is just going to become a forum warzz thread. I read both sites and they both have their problems.
No it won't - otherwise it will be locked.
Gentle reminder
just because the mods are not actively participating in discussion anymore doesn't mean threads aren't being watched...
Aside from the recent trolls and/or inflammatory posters, we believe the people left can discuss this topic is a mature way.
Can you please leave out any of the alleged details as they should not be discussed due to any potential legal ramifications in the background. Certain decisions were made with regards to the site that were necessary and the reasons will not be made public. Rest assured, they were not taken lightly but
were necessary.
Where you see damage, try to see opportunity. Much of GAF is great, we hope to restore some balance back to discussions and topics and allow debates and arguments to develop organically - provided they are done in a polite and respectful manner.
Going forward, we hope to see the quality of the discourse improve over time. There are enough members here, with a wealth of knowledge and creativity to rebuild the direction and tone of the site going forward.
With regards to the software upgrades, we'd love to be able to just disregard the entire history of the site and not migrate it. However, there are technical challenges when migrating a large database cross platform with minimal downtime. We trust common sense will prevail when considering this, but the upgrades are now imminent.
Over to you
Re: Forum avatars we are looking into. There does seem to be a inconsistent issue which is proving difficult to track down.