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September 19, 2003

Is Insider's Perspective Worth Saving?

By QBlog in

I recently noticed that someone (Jim Reed maybe?) is trying to save the Get Facts board known as the Insider's Perspective. With the recent demise of the Quixtar NOW board I imagine any efforts to expand the discussion venues should be praised. Yet I wonder, is GetFacts/Insider's Perspective really worth saving?

I admit that I haven't spent much time there so I can't really comment on its content but after reading the following post I really think it's time to let it just die, at least until some sort of improvements can be made:

To: the good people of getfacts
From: Jim Reed

You can help defeat the spam that is clogging up getfacts in your spare minutes. The problem comes from Roy's large posts taking too long to load the file. If the board is filled with tiny posts, it loads very fast. If there is a couple hundred small posts before the real data, that is no problem, you can scroll down in a second. These little posts are pushing Roy's spam off the bottom and improving the board speed. When the real data scrolls off the bottom, no problem, I can just post it again. We should be able to keep the board alive for several years if we pitch in and help.

THE PLAN, simple AND easy

1. Enter a small post and click Submit Comment.
2. Point your mouse to BACK and click.
3. Press RETURN to send again.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3, and teach others to do the same.

Now, this post could be a forgery or from someone who actually wants to abuse the board but I just wonder if it's worth all that trouble when there are so many better options available.

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