andyD Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 £300 a month? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Ironically since the news came out earlier the board's been the busiest it's been for ages... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintsparky Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 This site was so much better than FB for specific topics, either travel or game info or non football topics. During the referendum, I got most of my information from this site, as to what was going on back home. It will be sorely missed, been reading it for many years before finally joining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 4 minutes ago, andyD said: £300 a month? Could the TAMB not charge Deirdre and pals a wee bit more to advertise, she's only 2 miles away?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyD Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 5 minutes ago, Toepoke said: Ironically since the news came out earlier the board's been the busiest it's been for ages... Well.. 4 games in a month and 3 of those wins.. i'd expect a bit more traffic just due to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, Bristolhibby said: Just thinking aloud here, but could one of our teams have a Scotland section on their message boards. Not wanting to blow our own trumpet, but Hibs.net is one of the oldest, pishiest, cliqueyist and biggest non OF message board. FTFY Edited to add; Don't worry, no one will think that your blowing any trumpets promoting NorthKorea.net aye, I am banned from it Edited September 7, 2017 by DoonTheSlope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goozay Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Farewell TAMB. You served a decent purpose - as others have said Travel Info was always surprisingly useful and Anything Goes came into its own during the indyref. There's no obvious substitute for folk to use once you go. Thanks to all the Moderators and Administrators that kept it going for this long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 The Facebook pages are decent but there's no structure to it. At least on here if you want to find something out then you head straight to designated section, on Facebook it's all over the place What's the only other alternative? pie & bovril? At least they have MILF threads on it if nothing else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Actually very saddened by this, been on since 2007 I think when i started away games. As others have said the fb doesnt live up to it at all. Great laughs and good info when needed. Im away to cry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Just a thought but why does it need to end? Okay those that run the forum have their reasons which I respect but at the end of the day it could be resurrected on a free software forum quite easily. The same type of topics could be recreated and same banter, invaluable info and latest news etc. Just needs somebody tech savvy to set it up. Any takers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariokempes56 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 57 minutes ago, Toepoke said: Could the TAMB not charge Deirdre and pals a wee bit more to advertise, she's only 2 miles away?... Not at the moment shes not.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolhibby Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 36 minutes ago, DoonTheSlope said: FTFY Edited to add; Don't worry, no one will think that your blowing any trumpets promoting NorthKorea.net aye, I am banned from it You a bounce boy? I know there was some fall out, however I seemed to sail through the middle. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 5 minutes ago, Bristolhibby said: You a bounce boy? I know there was some fall out, however I seemed to sail through the middle. J I prefer the bounce but there's next to no traffic on it, I find the bounce much more laid back whereas .net is far too wanky for my liking. Post anything even slightly critiscing the club and your pounced upon and called a yam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albathebrave Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 How many people are regulars on here? Divided by 300 quid come on make this happen mods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyD Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 37 minutes ago, Caledonian Craig said: Just a thought but why does it need to end? Okay those that run the forum have their reasons which I respect but at the end of the day it could be resurrected on a free software forum quite easily. The same type of topics could be recreated and same banter, invaluable info and latest news etc. Just needs somebody tech savvy to set it up. Any takers? Considering it at the moment.. will try and yay or nay by the end of the month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Very sad. The end of a tremendous era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 4 hours ago, thplinth said: A few weeks ago (was it?) we discovered from a poster that new registrations to the board had not been approved for six months plus or something like that. That was a real bad sign and I said so at the time saying we will try to view the tamb one day and it will just be gone.... About a day or two later I coincidentally had this weird internet problem where I could not connect to the TAMB - site not found or some pish - like a fool I managed to convince myself for about a day that that was the end and they had jacked it. Finally after a day I decided to connect via a VPN and lo and behold the tamb was still there. Problem solved itself after a day or two. But during that little spell I did realize that I did not know how much it was worth until it was gone. Seeing this for real is very sad. ...you are gonna miss it. Is it just the cost, or are the folk running it going to chuck it for other reasons ? The suggestion of monthly subs might be unworkable but a yearly fundraiser might raise enough....about £3600..maybe ask for £20 donations ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 1 minute ago, killiefaetheferry said: Is it just the cost, or are the folk running it going to chuck it for other reasons ? The suggestion of monthly subs might be unworkable but a yearly fundraiser might raise enough....about £3600..maybe ask for £20 donations ? 300 a month but maybe the board earns 250 or 200 or 150 so the shortfall could actually not be that bad. I am worried they may have sold it to the guys that trademarked Tartan Army. They should give us the chance to save it first before shutting it down or doing that. I think they underestimate the support for this place. C'mon mods and admin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 1 hour ago, andyD said: £300 a month? Seems crazy expensive. You could rent a flat for that. Ok not a very nice one but just to host a message board?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyD Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Just now, thplinth said: Seems crazy expensive. You could rent a flat for that. Ok not a very nice one but just to host a message board?! Can only assume it's the bandwidth usage that's really expensive for some reason. Hosting itself if very cheap, but if lots of people want the data then it ramps up pretty quick. Just checked the currently inline users and it was up around 200 which surprise me. thought there was only a couple of dozen of us grumpy f**ks on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariokempes56 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 6 minutes ago, andyD said: Can only assume it's the bandwidth usage that's really expensive for some reason. Hosting itself if very cheap, but if lots of people want the data then it ramps up pretty quick. Just checked the currently inline users and it was up around 200 which surprise me. thought there was only a couple of dozen of us grumpy f**ks on here. Bandwidth prices seem insane - the data volumes on here are minuscule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Can't believe this is happening. I have been going on this site for about 13years. It is a good message board with high calibre of poster imo. Surely the admins on here could set up a donation scheme where by we could all contribute a few pound(literally) to keep the site going. I personally would be willing to give a few quid a year to keep the site going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Not sure how that works though. I ran a busy forum for free a few years back without any costs for bandwidth. Pretty sure those free forum hosting services are still around so would make sense for me for the forum owner just to transfer the forum over onto one of those free forum hosting sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Even with the depleted state of the board surely we can form a fan consortium to save the place. Fan ownership would I think attract back many. This board has always been so opaque and mysterious about who owns it. Even in death we are guessing at what is going on behind the scenes. C'mon folks let us help you help us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyD Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Can we get any indication on the amount of bandwidth the site currently uses per month? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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