Possible band-aid solution for AA Forum being down in recent days
 

I feel sorry for Dan@webflyer and colleagues as clearly there is a sticky tech problem behind all this downtime on AA Forum in the past week and I am sure it is being worked on urgently as we speak.

This is a SERIOUS suggestion, and please take it as that. As the AA Forum has been down for days, it makes perfect sense to have somewhere to post AA stuff while the board is down.

I posted this suggestion here as it will have a lot more people see than if on the 'Suggestions' Forum, where many folks do not think to look. (And having some kind of functioning AA Forum is pretty "Miles Buzz" related I guess?)

This suggestion is made to offer a temporary 'patch' to a problem I am sure will be back to normal real soon. FT addicts are FT addicts ... and the AA Forum was a very busy one and lots of folks want their Methadone/Nicotine now .......... http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Due to my re-discovering the ANSETT Forum as a bit of harmless fun a few days ago, some AA addicts might like to start adding a few AA related threads over there?

www.flyertalk.com/forumcgi/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&number=13&SUBMIT=Go

This is a totally un-official suggestion, and may be frowned on by FT .... I have no clue, and I am sure I'll be advised if it is. If you do not see me posting for a few weeks, it was clearly not a great idea. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif But, I know Randy is away with no email contact, so possibly some solution is better than no solution right now?

Yes, you could pick ANY seldom used Forum like Reno or Sun Air and do the same thing, but Ansett is easy to remember. (And it DOES start with the letter "A") http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/thumbsup.gif

As there is only minimal archival stuff on that Ansett Forum, it will probably whizz along like crazy speed-wise until the normal AA Forum is rebuilt and the bugs removed.

Over to you AA guys, but SOME remotely central AA Forum in some form is I am sure better than NO central Forum at all? It does not affect me one jot, as I very seldom post there, but I know if the UA Forum went down for days I'd get withdrawal symptoms. Sure only 10% of those who normally post there will hear of this suggestion, but 10% is better than zero AA posts in the next few days I guess?

Start a thread in Ansett just like you would in the AA Forum, and reply to it just as you normally would. Maybe when it is all over Dan can lock them (this too!) and move the AA ones across to the AA Forum just as off topic threads are now moved to wherever they are deemed most suitable/pertinent. They are then suitably archived as AA threads for the future. THAT works every day, so I can't see why this would not?

Just my devalued ozzie 2¢ worth, he says, donning the red flamesuit .............

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[This message has been edited by ozstamps (edited 01-13-2003).]

AA seems to be working just fine again. For some unknown reason, the traffic on FT has skyrocketed in the recent week averaging nearly 25,000 unique visitors a day. This has caused a few problems and we're trying to remedy it. That is a very large number of people on FT at any given time.

Also, posting in forums off-topic leads to a greater work load for those of us trying to help all members. Not sure that makes sense.