Discord - The Backup Community?

[CleverCowboy]

Originally Posted by CanadianLoonie

#1)...I had a sudden urge to come check out a few forums that I used to frequent back in the days due to a flashback...turns out I haven't logged-in here for 13 years!

Thirteen years! That was one heck of a flashback.

Anyway, thanks for the visit.

[Kajue]

Originally Posted by CanadianLoonie

#1)...I had a sudden urge to come check out a few forums that I used to frequent back in the days due to a flashback...turns out I haven't logged-in here for 13 years!

#2) It took me 4 tries to get my password right.

#3.) The discord link is invalid as it wasn't sent to never expire...

Oh thank you for bringing it up.

https://discord.gg/ucwbmyQ (Link set to never expire)

And welcome back, even just for a visit.

[AlizéeSuperFanFIN]

I want to say! That if only it is possible, keep this AA for as long as possible!!!

All of these other Facebook, etc. are good at supporting the idea, but none of them replace AA’s purpose!

No way!!!

Almost all Alizée fans who just use Google, etc., know AA. It is the Alizée fan center, more of an archive today, when now here is quite quiet.

Really important archive!

In the beginning, a global forum was discussed, etc. I have long had the wish that it would be just that!

For example, I would like to do all the fan activities in Finland, but it is always doomed at the moment. No fan can easily find each other here!

Because here, if where, fans can find each other more easily.

For example, Russians, I know "my neighbors", refuse to speak English...

It would be great if AA even had its own sections for different languages ​​as subgroups and in English AA was at the top.

But I understand, of course, that if it doesn’t suitable everyone, big changes are hard to make.

[CleverCowboy]

Originally Posted by AlizéeSuperFanFIN

I want to say! That if only it is possible, keep this AA for as long as possible!!!

All of these other Facebook, etc. are good at supporting the idea, but none of them replace AA’s purpose!

No way!!!

Almost all Alizée fans who just use Google, etc., know AA. It is the Alizée fan center, more of an archive today, when now here is quite quiet.

Really important archive!

In the beginning, a global forum was discussed, etc. I have long had the wish that it would be just that!

For example, I would like to do all the fan activities in Finland, but it is always doomed at the moment. No fan can easily find each other here!

Because here, if where, fans can find each other more easily.

For example, Russians, I know "my neighbors", refuse to speak English...

It would be great if AA even had its own sections for different languages ​​as subgroups and in English AA was at the top.

But I understand, of course, that if it doesn’t suitable everyone, big changes are hard to make.

There is no plan to shut down AAm. There was a point several years ago when the forum was very slow and Alizee was not doing anything where the thought was that maybe it was the end of the line for AAm. But since then, more new members started joining and activity in the forum increased. Alizee had revealed that she was pregnant and the rest is history.

As a forum, AAm is the last of its kind in the world. The archives go back 14 years, and some of the old threads back then are interesting to read. Just about every year or so, we discuss an upgrade of the forum, or moving to a new platform. The archives are just too valuable to discard, so migrating to a new forum would require the history be migrated as well. The chances of success of a new forum starting from scratch would be poor. AAm is well known in the Alizee fan community and Alizee knows who we are.

The subject of supporting different languages has come up if we eventually upgrade the forum to a newer version that has language support.

[Scruffydog777]

I mentioned recently the Alizee forum that was based in Europe and folded a few years ago. It was a larger forum than this one with different language rooms. It was in trouble for a while and I tried to help it out with a few donations but it seemed no one there was interested anymore with helping it out. A month or so after it folded, I contacted one of the individuals who ran it to see if I could by the archives of the site but he wasn't interested which is really a shame.

As mentioned, you can't carry on the same type of discussions in other sites such as FB as you can in a forum like this. We need some changes but without going into details, it looks like that's not going to happen anytime soon but not because anyone is opposed to it.

[AlizéeSuperFanFIN]

Edit. ^^I almost forgot. Very good to know Clever!

Originally Posted by Scruffydog777

I mentioned recently the Alizee forum that was based in Europe and folded a few years ago. It was a larger forum than this one with different language rooms. It was in trouble for a while and I tried to help it out with a few donations but it seemed no one there was interested anymore with helping it out. A month or so after it folded, I contacted one of the individuals who ran it to see if I could by the archives of the site but he wasn't interested which is really a shame.

As mentioned, you can't carry on the same type of discussions in other sites such as FB as you can in a forum like this. We need some changes but without going into details, it looks like that's not going to happen anytime soon but not because anyone is opposed to it.

I remember! I had to ask more about that, good, when you told now.

I thought at the time that it would be good to bring it back to the internet if at all possible, but a bad thing if its owner doesn’t want to???

However, it probably doesn’t depend on the cost? - but for some other reason...

[Scruffydog777]

Originally Posted by AlizéeSuperFanFIN

Edit. ^^I almost forgot. Very good to know Clever!



I remember! I had to ask more about that, good, when you told now.

I thought at the time that it would be good to bring it back to the internet if at all possible, but a bad thing if its owner doesn’t want to???

However, it probably doesn’t depend on the cost? - but for some other reason...

I could get you the name of one of the admins who is active on FB. It wouldn't hurt to ask, though he may no longer have the files. I'm sure he doesn't want to start up another site himself. We could raise the money for it if it's reasonable price.

[AlizéeSuperFanFIN]

^Thanks! It might be interesting to explore the possibilities a little, unless it causes too much work.

Fortunately, however, this AA exists, even if that other one doesn’t come on the lines, the Russians ’own problem, unless they speak English. LOL.

By the way, do you remember what platform it was on; phpbb, vbullet, etc.

I think upgrading from the old version to the new one can also be a problem or just harder when you want to restore the old data.

I have phpbb forums myself, but technical support and maintenance elsewhere. At least there are problems transferring them if the files are large and quite a few can do it.

Sure, it could also be kept only as an archive and in the old version, but security might suffer, etc.

Edit:

Edit. I already did more research.

I found...

"To purchase a domain and / or forum, email: riccardo83@gmail.com"

Did you just contact him, Scruffy?

Looks like Riccardo wants to earn with it, and of course I can’t blame him for that. But on the other hand, it would be great if he himself or we other fans could publish it online in some other way and even in read-only format, unless there is no other option (i.e. only in the archive).

I also search a picture of the history, and it was also Vbulletin.


[Btw, Note Scruffy that you're "online" in that picture.]

In addition, a person named Vibhash Chandra, apparently an AA member, had asked Riccardo to agree to merge AF and AA, apparently in VBulletin it’s easier. I personally don't know this platform at all...?

[Fall]

Hmm. The quote feature seems to be malfunctioning, but to quote AlizéeSuperFanFIN:

I want to say! That if only it is possible, keep this AA for as long as possible!!!

All of these other Facebook, etc. are good at supporting the idea, but none of them replace AA’s purpose!

For you and for anyone else, now and a hundred years from now, as clearly as I can: there is no replacing AAm. This effort was not engaged in trying to replace AAm. Only AAm is AAm. We should do everything we can to preserve this resource. As you noted, anyone who Googles Alizée can find AAm. Unfortunately not very many join us. But that's ok.

Just as important, though people didn't really pay it any attention:
This idea was to give AAm members, and those who do not wish to join AAm, a place to come together under one "roof" so to speak. It required a significant amount of planning, communication with other communities, but all that went out the window for some reason. I don't know what the discord spaces that were created look like right now, but they are likely no threat of "replacing" AAm. I've repeated myself enough on this topic.

[AlizéeSuperFanFIN]

Originally Posted by Fall

Hmm. The quote feature seems to be malfunctioning, but to quote AlizéeSuperFanFIN:



For you and for anyone else, now and a hundred years from now, as clearly as I can: there is no replacing AAm. This effort was not engaged in trying to replace AAm. Only AAm is AAm. We should do everything we can to preserve this resource. As you noted, anyone who Googles Alizée can find AAm. Unfortunately not very many join us. But that's ok.

Just as important, though people didn't really pay it any attention:
This idea was to give AAm members, and those who do not wish to join AAm, a place to come together under one "roof" so to speak. It required a significant amount of planning, communication with other communities, but all that went out the window for some reason. I don't know what the discord spaces that were created look like right now, but they are likely no threat of "replacing" AAm. I've repeated myself enough on this topic.

Oops.

I hadn't even immediately noticed this, but thanks for the confirmation/statement too!