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Petition to Bring Back Old Forum
Petition to Bring Back Old Forum
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Yesterday every time i clicked refresh/reply/submit it was like i'd pressed F5 , and computer got slower as it went on.
On the Old Forum the 'white screen' when the whole page refreshed meant you had to wait 10 seconds for the reply box to open or the page to load .That would happen a few times each day. Yesterday that seemed to be the normal way the New Forum operates, don't know if it is ant better today and was just a temporary issue. |
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I second that, Slarty!
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the man u badge at bottom is a fúcking liberty
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http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/betfairforum/
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To be fair you have to give these " new " things time to bed in.
Its all well & good moaning about how bad it is, its here to stay & I have come to the conclusion, ITS TOTAL C R A P |
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signed signed signed this forum is a feckin mess |
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signed.
And i won´t be back until this sh it gets sorted. |
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been on here less since the upgrade. truly awful
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ruined
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Not a single sign of liveliness across the board over the last few days. It's like a lethal injection has been made and what once was a vibrating, pulsating and blossoming something is pining away.
Count me in. It's not a question of getting used to changes, it's being confronted with a platform that's most unsuitable and completely destroys what made this place special and unique. The total opposite of form follows function. Joining the mass exodus. |
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Heres a quote from the Seville v Barca match thread tonight, live on Sky, possibly giving Barca the title on the night.
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awful truly awful
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Such a shame the old forum went.
At present things just to take far too long on the new forum. Hope bf can iron out these problems as at present its far from user friendly. I post an awful lot on inplay cricket and football threads and something has certain been lost with it being tougher for everyone to respond to the action as it happens |
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listen friends, the forum downgrade was on the tory agenda as the first piece of policy they would implement. If you voted them in you only have yourselves to blame and you should have read the manifesto more caerphilly.
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Very good, doantwin2easy !
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In Running threads seem to be finnish going by the Barcelona one tonight. It is just too tiresome as it is impossible for them to be fast moving when the quickest you can respond to a post or a match incident is 35/40 seconds
Without those i think the whole place will be empty by the end of the month, as it is people going from those threads that keep the slower ones moving . Once you have to wait half an hour for a reply to a thread you've started you will get bored and not bother starting any. At that point the boards will appear lifeless, people will log out sooner , or not bother opening the forum to begin with and so it will be less busy every day and will empty quite quickly. |
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Well said, Tober.
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Spot on Tobes
I used to do score updates on the cricket threads but have found over last couple of days its a waste of time. As its about 3 or 4 balls old by time its submitted. Threads like that argie/peru classic game are what make this place, 15-20 people posting instantly after a goal or some other incident. You feel part of it and it adds something to watching the game. |
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The Barca match thread is depressing and pretty much symptomatic of the ongoing downgrade. 3 pages, scores posted (just as!) without going crazy or at least the slightest expression of enjoyment. If it wasn't for the moaning, it would not have even made it past page 2. Finnish.
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yes SY , that was maybe my favourite thread ever on here
 , about 4 pages in 3 minutes when the late goals went in . England coming from 0-2 to beat Brazil in the World Cup with thew winner in injury time would probably only get 4 pages on this thing :_| |
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I mean the whole thread would be 4 pages!
Yes Delz that is true , the only thing keeping the forum going at the moment are the threads about how bad the forum is |
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Correct, Tober - and that won't last for long, unless Betfair show some willing to put things right - and stop 'seeding' the forum with their employees saying everything is okey-dokey.
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I enjoy reading In-Play Match Threads for Live football matches. The banter adds to the excitement.
Such a shame that the World Cup is on the horizon and what would have been some classic (flip-flop/1.01/meltdown) threads. It's just too difficult to view and post I don't know if it's relevant, but I've placed a lot less bets on this site, in the last few days, than usual. |
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I'm not surprised, PD.
Betfair have really c0ocked things up if they think this abortion of a forum will increase their profits - no matter how many employees they send in to say 'everything's fine'. |
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Users placing fewer bets is one thing that will make them modify this to make it more like the old one.
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Yes Poppy , i think a classic 'Meltdown' would not now be possible.
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Luddites !
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Singed!
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It's fine, just fine.
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Judging by the amount of responses it looks like Slippy Blue is more popular than the old forum
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To be fair, Slippy wouldn't have been banned on the old forum, because there was no report button.
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I bet he's still seething at the decision.
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what is this new forum ?
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Does anyone remember Harry Cripps saving an old forum several years before this 2010 thread started? All a bit vague now. He had assistance from others, notably SDK I think.
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