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Post by guest on Nov 11, 2010 18:21:16 GMT
is dsa's forum down as i can't get onto it? many thanks
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Post by john2408 on Nov 11, 2010 20:36:41 GMT
I have been unable to get on for 3 days/
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Post by guest on Nov 11, 2010 21:42:25 GMT
same here whats happened to it?
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Post by guest on Nov 11, 2010 22:18:38 GMT
just wondered wether it was my computer playing up.
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Post by pug on Nov 12, 2010 1:21:56 GMT
Some comments on Proone forum, suggesting the site has been 'closed down'. Most of these obviously spurious, but 'dsaf' suggests he was sent a message from the airport regarding some of the information being posted online.
I think the airport should start with shutting down the 'routeshop' webpage then??
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Post by guest on Nov 12, 2010 6:58:50 GMT
it all seems very strange!
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Post by guest on Nov 12, 2010 7:44:26 GMT
it now says on egcn that the forum was withdrawn by proboards & that they gave no reason for doing so.
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Post by elmfield on Nov 12, 2010 10:05:31 GMT
Let's hope some of its members move their attention to this forum. As a member , in a couple of guises, since DSA opened I shall be sorry but I am not entirely surprised since debate was stifled and, at times, anything that was said , contrary, to "message" was deleted or censored. One might have thought EGCN was almost an adjunct of the airport itself. A sad day though!
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Post by Humberside on Nov 12, 2010 13:57:23 GMT
An extremley sad and concerning development for three reasons
1. It wasn't a bad forum and a lot of time and effort had put in to build it up
2. The lack of an explanation from proboards
3. The talk that DSA haven't liked what is being posted on the internet about them. Maybe the don't, but its a free world and I never saw anything potentially illegal on the egcn forum. People have the right to air their opinions about DSA. I really hope the airport had nothing to do with the closure of egcn
All in all, a rather concerning development for all airport forum 'owners' and users
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Post by Fulford on Nov 12, 2010 14:35:45 GMT
Its typical of DSA management to do something like this and at the end of the day can only do even more harm to the airport as these guys have championed it from day one. Thanks Tristar and the rest of the guys. Obviously DSA do not need our support or custom as they are doing such a great job.
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Post by elmfield on Nov 13, 2010 8:35:23 GMT
Having read a few comments I must say I am surprised if the management of DSA has requested proboards to close down the site...after all nothing could have been more pro DSA than was EGCN. As Humberside says, if this is so it is a very worrying development...especially for those ,like me, who are members of othe proboard forums...such as this one.
Someone out there knows the real reason and short of the threat of libel I think it beholds proboards to let us know...otherwise the suspicion will linger that they are against free-speech! If it is the management of DSA then we will know how our Canadian friends view opinion!
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Post by pug on Nov 13, 2010 14:58:23 GMT
As has been highlighted on another forum, there was an ammount of racist content on the DSA forum, which would give proboards a reason to close the site down.
The site had been warned before about 'commercially sensitive information' being posted, and i believe some of the regular posters were airport employees, so its possible that jobs could have been threatened.
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Post by elmfield on Nov 13, 2010 17:52:00 GMT
I agree about the racist , religious and political tone of some of its major contributors.
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Post by Tristar on Nov 14, 2010 12:55:48 GMT
To clear up some of the rubbish that has been posted on numerous forums.
Proboards have never had a problem with the forum content before. A few items bordering on racist have been pulled before for obvious reasons, but what else can you do than pull them. If Proboards had an issue they would have been onto it straight away as they are red hot on their forum content.
Which brings me to the differing views on moderation of the forum. With 1100 members you will never be right in whatever you do and it now shows as some people say moderation was lax and some say it was harsh. You pull items and people call you harsh, you don't pull things people call you lax - a no win situation.
The airport have not been in dialogue with me for a few years since my contact left to go to another airport which shows their interest.
The forum has never been warned about anything that has been posted on it by Peel or Proboards. I have been contacted once, in the early years, when a member of Airport Management demanded the names of some members, and not for content to be removed. Sure enough I denied the request (who in their right mind would give up info on their members) and that was the end of it.
As for the reason for the forum being pulled, not even I know. Looking at previous forum deletions by Proboards they contact the forum admin and ask them to remove content if they have any issues, before issuing a warning if nothing is done and then forum deletion. This leads me to believe that this is a legal issue due to the immediate action and Proboards no comment stance. Proboards seemingly didn't have the guts to take it further and so took the easy option and bailed on demand.
If it is the airport that did this then I am saddened as the forum promoted the airport more than the airport seemed to. As H states it is a concerning development for forum owners.
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Post by fulford on Nov 15, 2010 12:42:17 GMT
I agree what Tristar says in that the EGCN website and forum have done far more to market DSA than they have themselves. I for one will be mainly in the dark now as the airport do little to keep me informed of any developments.
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