British Blades Forum - down

[beachlover]

Has it gone again?

Afraid so. None of us remaining mods or admins know or are kept informed of what's going on, but an admin is trying to contact Martin, the owner to try and discover what is going on. Previous experience suggests you shouldn't be holding your breath.

 

[Bluebs4]

its a shame was such a good forum before just seems to be going downhill .

 

[johnnythefox]

its a shame was such a good forum before just seems to be going downhill .

I don't think it was, I think it was probably hacked.

 

[Bluebs4]

Looked like Martin lost interest to me


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[Corso]

most of the old gang are here

http://edgematters.uk/

 

[fielder1963]

I like the layout better on British Blades, it seems easier to use for a tech dinosaur like me.

 

[Nice65]

most of the old gang are here

http://edgematters.uk/

And here:

http://www.realoutdoorsforum.com/forum/index.php

 

[Nice65]

I don't think it was, I think it was probably hacked.

Not so much, it just hasn't been attended to. None of us have the accesses we need to the provider, or accounts, or the owner. Eventually it becomes impossible to run when things go wrong.

 

[Griffo32]

Do you think it will be back or is this it this time! Shame if that's it. Very frustrating, I was minutes away from completing a very good sale!

 

[fielder1963]

I hope it comes back. Soon!

 

[banksy]

Afraid so. None of us remaining mods or admins know or are kept informed of what's going on, but an admin is trying to contact Martin, the owner to try and discover what is going on. Previous experience suggests you shouldn't be holding your breath.

Not meant to be a loaded question - I'm genuinely interested, but what do you get out of moderating a forum like BB?
I can see the hassle, but what are the benefits?

 

[johnnythefox]

Not so much, it just hasn't been attended to. None of us have the accesses we need to the provider, or accounts, or the owner. Eventually it becomes impossible to run when things go wrong.

Thanks for the info, lots of us paid subscriptions.

 

[homesicksteve]

I've just visited.
11 members online, & no posts for 48 hours...

 

[chimpy leon]

It's a shame, it was a great forum when I first joined back in 2013. Now, too many technical issues lasting far longer than exceptable because there's not enough input from the owner. I very much doubt I will renew again in its current condition.

 

[beachlover]

Not meant to be a loaded question - I'm genuinely interested, but what do you get out of moderating a forum like BB?
I can see the hassle, but what are the benefits?

As you can see, some of the staff have stepped down and that I guess partly answers your query, but from a personal point of view and like others I've invested many years on BB and it has a pretty much unrivalled archive of information that I'd hate to see disappear. With a very few exceptions the BB members are also an honest and likeable bunch who also value the forum and I think I speak for most of us when I say that keeping BB a safe and amicable place is what has so far kept us going. Well, that and the behind the scenes mutual p***taking and camaraderie between the mods!

 

[Corso]

It's a real shame

 

[Jared]

Quite a few of the problems I'd lay at VBulletin's door. They've kept updating the software so it'd run on more recent versions of PHP, but neglected the security side of things. Which was the cause of the exploit that was used that caused the security warning.

It's definitely old and crusty software by this point.

 

[ValeTudoGuy]

I hope it comes back, it's my only line of communication to a maker who is currently doing a knife for me.

 

[Jared]

I hope it comes back, it's my only line of communication to a maker who is currently doing a knife for me.

It is back. Been fine all afternoon I think.

 

[beachlover]

I hope it comes back, it's my only line of communication to a maker who is currently doing a knife for me.

It might make sense to get in touch while you can and swap emails and phone numbers just in case.