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    • davesaddiction
      davesaddiction last edited by davesaddiction

      ...Hyphen and DT and Discord and...

      I will say, it’s been much more enjoyable today than it was a couple days ago—feeling more like a birth announcement than a funeral—but I look forward to the day when we’ll all (mostly) back together in one place.

      doodon2whls jminer DAWRX CB Dr. Zoidberg 5 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 16
      • doodon2whls
        doodon2whls @davesaddiction last edited by doodon2whls

        @davesaddiction
        I see a lot of the regulars on Hyphen already.... Looks like other folks were doing a roll call...

        Couldn't navigate thru the DT ads... this is much nicer. once it needs funding to stay alive, I am sure there will be a bunch of us to pay to have our own slice of cyberspace to nerd out on cars, bikes, planes, and the like...

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        • jminer
          jminer @davesaddiction last edited by jminer

          @davesaddiction It is going to be a hard habit to break - going to oppo on Kinja. It's the first shortcut in my chrome homepage...

          We're up 56 members today and at 238 total. That's a pretty serious chunk of Oppos. I've even seen several rare or new commenters show up here.

          Only time will tell if we're all going to stay, but solid engagement so far.

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          • DAWRX
            DAWRX @davesaddiction last edited by

            @davesaddiction I want to be optimistic, but I’m getting the bad feeling we’ll end up split. There will be some like us who check everything, and some who choose one and stick to it.

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            • CB
              CB @davesaddiction last edited by

              @davesaddiction I like how the tone has been a lot of celebration and sharing some of our favourite things versus a begrudging slow death. Fingers crossed it keeps up.
              And think about it: if we did $10 a year to post, that's $2k right there to keep things running. I'd be more than happy to pledge more since I can afford and others might be less able to.

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              • SilentbutnotreallyDeadly
                SilentbutnotreallyDeadly last edited by

                This all a bit like a Doctor Who regeneration. You spend a few episodes getting use to it (including coping with the odd dud) and then suddenly you are hooked and away...or not. I've already made the call that I won't be playing at DT...

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                • ItalianJobR53
                  ItalianJobR53 @CB last edited by

                  @cb That's a good point! I'll happily pay a small sum like that to have a non ad infested Oppo that is controlled by one of our own!

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                  • davesaddiction
                    davesaddiction @jminer last edited by

                    @jminer Seeing some long-missing OPPOs return who got fed up with Kinja has been really gratifying!

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                    • flatisflat
                      flatisflat @doodon2whls last edited by

                      @doodon2whls said in Only 4 more days of checking notifications on Kinja and...:

                      @davesaddiction
                      Couldn't navigate thru the DT ads... this is much nicer.

                      This. I've spent very little time over at DT after first engaging with it and getting the ad-crowding. I thought, "oh, this feels familiar...in not a good way..."

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                      • davesaddiction
                        davesaddiction @DAWRX last edited by

                        @dawrx If we can get "critical mass" here (or somewhere), I have faith that all but a very small percentage will follow.

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                        • jminer
                          jminer @flatisflat last edited by

                          @flatisflat It's slow as hell with those ads too. I'm still trying to engage over there, but just not sold on being on that guy like I've been on Oppo.

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                          • ItalianJobR53
                            ItalianJobR53 @jminer last edited by

                            @jminer TBH only thing lacking here imo is nested comments... otherwise it is perfect!

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                            • jminer
                              jminer @ItalianJobR53 last edited by

                              @italianjobr53 That is a very hard problem to solve. There is only one modular nesting comment solution I was able to find and that's disqus, which has problems of it's own.

                              We will not likely be here forever and may migrate to another platform at some point when one that fits better than this becomes an option. For now though it's the best I can do.

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                              • Peter_Black
                                Peter_Black @ItalianJobR53 last edited by

                                @italianjobr53 how did you get blue Oh.....okay, nevermind.

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                                • ItalianJobR53
                                  ItalianJobR53 @jminer last edited by

                                  @jminer I see...thanks for creating such a good platform tho!

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                                  • ItalianJobR53
                                    ItalianJobR53 @Peter_Black last edited by ItalianJobR53

                                    @peter_black I've decided that I'll be using this particular shade of blue to comment on Hyphen from now on

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                                    • davesaddiction
                                      davesaddiction @jminer last edited by davesaddiction

                                      @jminer Discussions seem to be working quite well for now, but on threads that get truly huge, we'll probably just have to start using the quote function more to help keep it clear what a person's actually responding to.
                                      And there were plenty of Kinja threads, especially on the FP, where I'd completely lose track of who was responding to whom...

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                                      • jminer
                                        jminer @davesaddiction last edited by

                                        @davesaddiction said in Only 4 more days of checking notifications on Kinja and...:

                                        @jminer Discussions seem to be working quite well for now, but on threads that get truly huge, we'll probably just have to start using the quote function more to help keep it clear what a person's actually responding to.
                                        And there were plenty of Kinja threads, especially on the FP, where I'd completely lose track of who was responding to whom...

                                        Very true. Even my own on Kinja where I had no idea which comment of mine in a thread someone was replying to.

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                                        • Dr. Zoidberg
                                          Dr. Zoidberg @davesaddiction last edited by

                                          @davesaddiction My last post on Oppo was Saturday, and I think today will be the last day I'll be commenting or saving posts. Today was the first day it really sunk in that it's going to end, but FAR worse than it simply ending is the fact they're just going to delete everything. Like nothing ever happened. There are so many gems in the comments and great conversations that will just be forgotten. I will not support Kinja/GO moving forward.

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                                          • ttyymmnn
                                            ttyymmnn @jminer last edited by

                                            @jminer said in Only 4 more days of checking notifications on Kinja and...:

                                            @davesaddiction It is going to be a hard habit to break - going to oppo on Kinja. It's the first shortcut in my chrome homepage...

                                            Same. And I find myself going to other sites on the Web and reflexively looking to the top right corner for a notification.

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                                            • davesaddiction
                                              davesaddiction @Dr. Zoidberg last edited by

                                              @dr-zoidberg I'm very hopeful they figure out a way to migrate a full, searchable archive from the Atom/RSS feed.

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                                              • jminer
                                                jminer @Dr. Zoidberg last edited by

                                                @dr-zoidberg 100% with you. We're doing what we can, zero details on the feed we are supposed to get other than what Rory put in the article. Couple devs from Oppo and another Kinja sub blog are working on some backup options if nothing else works.

                                                If we get something it won't be hosted on this forum directly, but probably on an 'archive.opposite-lock.com' place in a read only fashion. Due to sheer size too may only host something like the last 5 years too, it's 450,000 posts and nearly a million pictures not counting comments in it's entirety.

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                                                • CB
                                                  CB @jminer last edited by

                                                  @jminer may the gods help us if we're cataloguing that many shitposts.

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                                                  • davesaddiction
                                                    davesaddiction @jminer last edited by davesaddiction

                                                    @jminer The long, informative/historical comment threads are going to be the real loss in all this, it sounds like.

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                                                    • jminer
                                                      jminer @davesaddiction last edited by

                                                      @davesaddiction Definitely. Jb Boin put something together that grabs comments I think, but it'll be a hell of a challenge to put everything somewhere else. I have not had a chance to look at his in depth.
                                                      I'm with you on the comments too - so many things learned and experiences shared in the comments.
                                                      Almost certain we could host a text only version of everything, but with pics it probably gets too big.

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