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Old 20-02-2017, 21:16   #46
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Re: Digital Spy may be closed or downsized.

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well the news pages(If you can still call them that) are still going to be updated. Some people may take read only to mean the whole website is never going to be updated again.
They do intend to lift the read only status, but they don't know when as they don't know how long it will take to migrate everything over.

Never thought about the news pages, as you rightly allude to they're so bad that I no longer bother to look at them.
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Old 20-02-2017, 22:08   #47
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Re: Digital Spy may be closed or downsized.

I know, I read this post on the forum

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The forums will be going read-only this Tuesday, February 21 while we make efforts to migrate all fresh data from the end of last year to our new platform. As some of you correctly guessed, we were unable to proceed with this work last month due to Celebrity Big Brother as we did not want to disrupt the enjoyment of the forums for our users.

As per our previous announcements, we would recommend that you ensure your email and password is up to date as there is a possibility your browser will not remember a saved password.

The forums will be read-only from Tuesday. During this time, registration and posting will be disabled for all users. We do not have a timeframe to share at this time, so we recommend checking back regularly for any updates.

Thank you for your patience!
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Old 21-02-2017, 14:45   #48
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Re: Digital Spy may be closed or downsized.

Apparently just before they locked their forums someone posted an invitation in loads of threads to keep the conversations going by joining up here...whoever it was, nice plan
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Old 21-02-2017, 18:44   #49
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LOL.
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Old 23-02-2017, 00:31   #50
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Apparently just before they locked their forums someone posted an invitation in loads of threads to keep the conversations going by joining up here...whoever it was, nice plan
Just had a (quick) look and can't see anything, maybe they've deleted it??
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Old 23-02-2017, 16:55   #51
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Yes and apparently have been banned in the process
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Old 23-02-2017, 18:30   #52
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You should get a tee shirt printed.
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Old 24-02-2017, 07:54   #53
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Ha! Now that takes me back....Ah Brian, bless 'im.

Oh and in the words of Shaggy, it wasn't me - but I do wish I'd thought of it!
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Ha! Now that takes me back....Ah Brian, bless 'im.

Oh and in the words of Shaggy, it wasn't me - but I do wish I'd thought of it!
Oh dear, my first thoughts were I don't remember hearing that line in scooby doo

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How long should an upgrade take?, didn't even notice any downtime when OverclockersUK recently upgraded their old forum version.
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Old 24-02-2017, 11:29   #56
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Re: Digital Spy may be closed or downsized.

Hi I just found this place there really not many places left to talk I also really miss imdb boards.
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Old 24-02-2017, 19:02   #57
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Yes and apparently have been banned in the process
They are having a ban amnesty, so whoever did it can have a chance to make amends if they wish to.

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How long should an upgrade take?, didn't even notice any downtime when OverclockersUK recently upgraded their old forum version.
I don't know enough about these things to say, but it does seem very odd.

In the real world businesses are loathe to close for even a very short time as customers find other places to go.

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Hi I just found this place there really not many places left to talk I also really miss imdb boards.
There's still lots of places left to discuss allsorts of things, it just depends what your interests are.
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I also really miss imdb boards.
So do the trolls, which apparently is why they were closed.
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Re: Digital Spy may be closed or downsized.

I am baffled by the DS bashing. There are elements of the site which have been badly run, HOWEVER the forums are the best on the entire internet. Where else can you see such a comprehensive selection of different forums together, which are easy to read and get a lot of use? General, gaming, movies, broadcasting, music, movies, advice and even more specialist ones.

Now, the adverts are becoming a huge problem across the board. Once reputable broadsheets are now reduced to clickbait headlines. Look at the Telegraph facebook page for example. Journalism is now about causing outrage, then stepping back and laughing at the reactions and hoping they noticed an advert. Its a system which is ruining the finest institutions of broadcasting across the board.

Already on this site the page numbers of the threads are tiny and hard to click. Hurry back DS!

And as for people saying they had disagreements on the forums - of course - which forums do every user have the same opinion about everything? lol.
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HOWEVER the forums are the best on the entire internet.
LOL, I can only guess you dont get around many forums.

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Already on this site the page numbers of the threads are tiny and hard to click. Hurry back DS!
Well if thats your only concern, I'm glad you like it here.

You do realise that once DS comes back, its going to be different software, not what you are used to, so page numbers may be the least of your worries.
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