Difficult choices lay ahead. For those of you in the know, I run this place out of my pocket rather than relying on advertising revenue etc. We upgraded the database server a while back and that increased stability and performance.
It's coming towards that time again. However, there are alternatives. The one I'm looking at right now is to reduce the number of posts/threads on the database.
I'm looking into this, but right now the best option would be to remove older posts from Off Topic, and since the forum's been up for quite some time then there are items in there that haven't really been accessed for years. There's nearly a quarter of a million posts in there, so I'm thinking along the lines of maybe removing a hundred thousand of them as a starter - the oldest stuff.
The real downside to this? Some stuff will be lost forever. For the most part that isn't going to be an issue. However, there may be some items of sentimental value for people of this community. One that springs to mind is anything posted by Plaidman, if anyone wants to keep hold of memories. Maybe other notable posts by yourself or others.
I'd like commentary in this thread, but I'm intending trimming in about two Sundays time. That's Sunday the 6th January. That's a little over a week. I could be persuaded to be lazy and leave it another week.
Thoughts please.
Rapscallion
It's coming towards that time again. However, there are alternatives. The one I'm looking at right now is to reduce the number of posts/threads on the database.
I'm looking into this, but right now the best option would be to remove older posts from Off Topic, and since the forum's been up for quite some time then there are items in there that haven't really been accessed for years. There's nearly a quarter of a million posts in there, so I'm thinking along the lines of maybe removing a hundred thousand of them as a starter - the oldest stuff.
The real downside to this? Some stuff will be lost forever. For the most part that isn't going to be an issue. However, there may be some items of sentimental value for people of this community. One that springs to mind is anything posted by Plaidman, if anyone wants to keep hold of memories. Maybe other notable posts by yourself or others.
I'd like commentary in this thread, but I'm intending trimming in about two Sundays time. That's Sunday the 6th January. That's a little over a week. I could be persuaded to be lazy and leave it another week.
Thoughts please.
Rapscallion
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