Attention: FFR Administration and Staff

[gold stinger]

Re: Attention: FFR Administration and Staff

I'm going to go mash arrows right now.

[Trumpet63]

Re: Attention: FFR Administration and Staff

I blame the fact that Destiny came out today...
Nobody wants to work

[Wayward Vagabond]

Re: Attention: FFR Administration and Staff

just an fyi but if there is serious talk about taking ffr and moving it somewhere else remember that synth still owns ffr. its his and taking it would be stealing. he has threatened taking legal action before and would definitely do it again. if you guys want advice on how to handle the situation and what to expect from synth then talk to tass and the gang that tried to do it first.

[choof]

Re: Attention: FFR Administration and Staff

I would take that link down, it has personal information about Synth, his location, etc.

it's public domain whois information, he has the right to post it and the only way to block people from viewing it is to enable private whois (which generally costs extra)

a whois lookup of flashflashrevolution.com gives the same information, and this one stands out

"Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2014-12-03 05:42:00Z "

[choof]

Re: Attention: FFR Administration and Staff

ps I already applied for a moderator position of bits and bytes and I was basically told "quit shitposting and we'll think about it"

[Reincarnate]

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[gold stinger]

Re: Attention: FFR Administration and Staff

nominating for best quality post 2014

[Wayward Vagabond]

Re: Attention: FFR Administration and Staff

ps I already applied for a moderator position of bits and bytes and I was basically told "quit shitposting and we'll think about it"

yeah i was told the same thing when i applied for mod

as you can see im still not a mod

[Reincarnate]

Re: Attention: FFR Administration and Staff

Seriously though, I always wince when I see discussions like these.

This site is large enough and has enough content such that getting anything (serious) done and maintaining it is (probably) going to require full-time efforts. Unless you're getting paid, this is really hard to pull off when you're only relying on the free time of volunteers. And those volunteers have to be both trustworthy and competent, too.

Major change can't really take place anyway when you lack direct server access. Synth is unwilling to give up his baby, and yet he is also unwilling to put in any effort into the site's growth/expansion/etc (which actually isn't much different from how he has always handled the site). He's been pretty consistent about this for nearly a decade, now. His approach to communication (i.e. radio silence) makes any potential discussion an exercise in futility.

You know in Mortal Kombat, after you hear FINISH HIM, the opponent is sort of standing there, writhing around in a daze, ready to be put out of his misery? That's pretty much FFR until Synth pulls the trigger or runs out of time. I don't see FFR ever coming back -- it's been death-rattling ever since it stopped being a business.

Creating break-off sites has been done before countless times, and it never works. All you do is split the userbase a bit until the break-off site inevitably dies, and everyone returns here anyway.

It seems like this discussion comes up every so often, and it's always the same thing. "Let's figure out roles! Who's interested? Let's divvy up the tasks!" It's like watching someone trying their damnedest to, idk, optimize some shitty bubble sort for a super large random list or something. Even if you make some gains, you're still dealing with a worthless framework for the big problem you're trying to solve.

[hi19hi19]

Re: Attention: FFR Administration and Staff

Re-establishing FFR the non-profit company and using that as a framework to give actual meaningful delegation is the only way the site will succeed.

That involves contacting and involving Synth. So we're at a stalemate...

[TheSaxRunner05]

Re: Attention: FFR Administration and Staff

Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2014-12-18 11:03:00Z

Does that mean FFR will crash after that date if not renewed?

[mr_candy]

Re: Attention: FFR Administration and Staff

Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2014-12-18 11:03:00Z

Does that mean FFR will crash after that date if not renewed?

I'd be amazed if it wasen't auto renewed.

Looks like ffr is destined to remained in 2005

[___________]

Re: Attention: FFR Administration and Staff

what's the purpose of a site whose owner won't let admins have access to its servers

[Xiz]

Re: Attention: FFR Administration and Staff

Re-establishing FFR the non-profit company and using that as a framework to give actual meaningful delegation is the only way the site will succeed.

That involves contacting and involving Synth. So we're at a stalemate...

We will no longer be at a stalemate when all admins (Yes, all admins) approach synth through those who can directly get in contact with him and do something about it.

Now here is the ironic part...

If we actually do get in contact with synth, and he assigns admins to those who actually will help progress FFR, there is a good chance admins who have been doing nothing over the years will loose their title. But what admin would want their 'power' to be taken away? So why would there be any initiative to approach synth with that on the line?


THAT is the real stalemate.

[Mahou]

Re: Attention: FFR Administration and Staff

what's the purpose of a site whose owner won't let admins have access to its servers

Nostalgia.