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Psycho4048
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Well, within the exception of a few people, the majority of users are not posting pics or clips to the forum. On the old forum, when it first got started, the posting was going crazy. This of course was when Honesty.com was allowing unlimited hosting space. Now it seems to have come to a near stand still (again, with a few exceptions). This is not any of our faults. The reason this has happened is based directly on the changes taking place in the "online world". Free hosts are disappearing as is free storage space. Honesty.Com just got rid of ALL their free hosting services. Geocities, Xoom, Fortunecity, and Tripod do not allow direct linking. With online ad revenue plummeting expect to see the demise of such "free hosting sites". Basically, the free and easy days are behind us. Right now there is no clear or forseeable plan by which all users are going to be able to post content here. Aside from AOL members who have 2mb of space per screename, there is virtually nowhere online that files can be stored and direct linked and those few that do will not be around much longer.
The real question is where does that leave us? Here's a scary answer. I have no idea 🙂 The archives is doing well which means the forum will stay afloat and the html pages that accompany it. The discussion can continue to thrive and the polls and stories and all that other good stuff will remain. What is in danger is the average user losing the ability to post pics and clips. We'll be thinking long and hard about this in the coming weeks and will try to come up with a viable plan. If any of you members out there have ideas please feel free to post 'em. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Thanks.
Psycho
The real question is where does that leave us? Here's a scary answer. I have no idea 🙂 The archives is doing well which means the forum will stay afloat and the html pages that accompany it. The discussion can continue to thrive and the polls and stories and all that other good stuff will remain. What is in danger is the average user losing the ability to post pics and clips. We'll be thinking long and hard about this in the coming weeks and will try to come up with a viable plan. If any of you members out there have ideas please feel free to post 'em. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Thanks.
Psycho