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I thought the same. But Kohli’s face from that clean bowl was worth it alone. So much spin he reviewed a clean bowled as he thought Foakes must have knocked the bails off.

PA sent out the massive total of 5 Newsletters in the last 12 months. Even in good times it didnt exceed 1 a month. Spam is email that is “not requested”, nothing to do with “volume”, although that’s a common misunderstanding. The fact we have “opt in/out” options available effectively means spamming isn’t really possible. The bottom line is members have full control over what they get, not us. On the costs you have it pretty correct, software, support, plugins/apps (for some reason this small forum uses a lot), hosting, image hosting and email. People are generally aware of “hosting” but things like the noti emails most seem unaware and don’t consider it.

Looking forward to watching this thread. I’m a cricket fan, well test or international I am. It’s the Yorkie Pud in me probably. Series wins in India are like the proverbial rocking horse poo. The Indians will be totally galvanized now, not least due to the massive expectations placed on them so the next test could be a cracker.

I am NOT meaning to pick on you bud, just using you as an example because you raise the subject but it could be anyone really. One of the reasons we ask members to use a “valid” email address is because the vast majority have at least “some” notifications turned on. You, for example, have 3 of the 8 set to “on”. This does NOT refer to the “newsletters” which is a simple on/off checkbox. Believe it or not we have to pay for those notification emails to be sent. If they are all landing in a dead mail box that is simply money wasted. It won’t be a lot here, for now, but it all mounts up and it’s something I would bet 99% of members never even consider.

Or even easier. Use a correct email if you want “notifications” but click the opt out option to not receive newsletters etc. Even those currently opted IN would only get one email if they didn’t want them as each email has an opt-out link at the bottom which instantly removes you from the email database. This entire “spam” argument is rather bizarre really. You guys have the control over what you get and what you don’t. Yes, we will use the newsletter. Don’t want them? Just opt out, there’s no rocket science involved let alone any conspiracy.

Fair enough but it’s got to pay for itself somehow. This forum had ads, they are still there but currently invisible. As I mentioned before it’s a pretty simple thing to turn ads off. You have the control over that.

It’s certainly something we will consider. It’s not as simple as you might assume tho - we have had some horrendous experiences with Mods, although not for many years now thank goodness. It’s absolutely vital we know, and trust, them to avoid repeating that. We now have confirmation two, of the three, are staying. Hoping to hear from the last guy today.

It was slow at some points Tuesday and Wednesday due to the DNS propagation. As the transfer proceeds along it will vary again but the good news is once done it should be faster than ever.

Lol gotta chuckle. I haven’t had cheesey beano for decades. Guess what I’m having for tea now tho 🙂 🙂

As far as I am aware the post count is “in built” but it may cache which may resolve when the move completes. It’s surprising how many things “fix” on reindexation - which happens after the move finishes. Annoying things like images not showing, the Search function etc all just restart. That said there are many plugins here that I’ve never even seen before, let alone used. Every forum/admins use different ones to suit them. Will keep an eye on this and thanks for pointing it out.

You won’t be alone. It’s a tough time from that perspective. How the future pans out we just don’t know, that’s a gamble we took.

No, I agree, but they make up 99% of the “value” and why the forum had a sale value too. See my previous post in explanation.

This forum has adverts. They are currently invisible but they are there. I make no excuses for the fact we will need to cover costs in some way. $350 a month May not be a fortune but it has to be covered somehow. Worth remembering you can easily turn ads and pop ups off (we don’t use pop ups btw)! You have control over what you see, we can’t force it. Think about it this way, from an advertisers perspective - If you were an advertiser what would you prefer? 1. your advert showing to the exact same 100 members day in day out? 2. Your advert showing to 100 NEW “guests” every day. Its not rocket science, number 2 is the obvious answer. While we would always put members first, it’s those guests that have the value. So if members choose to turn ads off that is both understandable AND what we would actually expect anyway.

I would agree with the first part certainly. the 2nd point you would be surprised I think. People are often saying Addicts has “declined” but the reality is it hasn’t. It hit its “peak” in July 2018 with 7.4 million page views that month alone. That remained fairly constant until March 2020 and yes it is down since then. There’s a lot of people “returning” to forums in the last few months as Facebook in particular clamps down more and more. the “anonymity” factor is also quite key. PA new registrations are approx 30 per day. Not the 100+ of the early days but still worthwhile. One key fact here is that “guests” make up the vast majority of users. Posts and Members are just a small part of the big picture. Even this forum has more “guests” online at any time than members. See screenshot of “right now”. Lastly, I repeat, we are NOT looking to “relaunch in a different manner”. We like it how it is, which is why we took it on.

That’s a Plug-in yes. Should be one we can use again, thanks.

I can’t show that sorry. Basically everything is off as leaving things on while moving causes problems. We learnt this from PA before

No offense taken at all Bob. Your comment was exactly what I asked for. I just took an opportunity to clarify something 🙂 The “back to top” button is a super little plugin, and I love it even more as it’s a very cheap one too 555 The forum has an unusually large number of plugins and we need to find out which ones people really value. Many need to be renewed and it’s a bit pointless paying to renew those people don’t really use.

Tapatalk is not broken on Addicts. It works fine on Addicts IF we turn it on. But it fucks up so many other things it wasn’t worth it so it’s turned off there until they make it compatible. They are aware of the problems, it affects thousands of forums, they are just incredibly slow fixing it.

We’ve been through this so many times bud. We will put Tapatalk back on Addicts when they fix it. Last update was July 2020. Last email from them was January in which they say “we are working on it”.

To be clear, it’s under new ownership. The “management” hasn’t changed and is currently the same Mod team although we haven’t had 100% confirmation all are staying. Bryan and I do not get involved in Moderation decisions, although we may be party to discussion on them so the particular issue you raise, at this moment in time, remains with the existing 4 Mods.

Yes thats a plugin Currently turned off. Thats a useful one we will deffo put back when we can. To be clear there is no "update" involved here. We are moving server and have to turn off ALL 3rd Party Apps and Plugins.

Lol fair enough. In my defense I didn’t say it wouldn’t change I was at pains to explain that we had no plans to change what’s already here I.e Clubs, the simple layout, the different “ethos”, the fact politics is allowed, the Mod team etc etc. One thing I could say is the first thing we found yesterday was that the last new member joined on 14th October 2020. The “registration” function was screwed due to an out of date App. That’s now fixed, or we hope it is, but it goes some way to explaining why it’s been a bit quiet. We won’t know for sure until we can turn 3rd party apps back on after the transfer. For now they are all turned off.

Very valid points mate, certainly something we will look into.

Ok I will ask Tommy. It was off when we took over yesterday. If it’s compatible here we will put it back. Theres an “announcement” already about the photos, they take about 48 hours to migrate so they will start to reappear literally one at a time.