I like the Mises Institute, and I really like lurking and reading your guys’ posts.
But I hate the quote function on the site and the frequent site errors.
So, screw it. I’ll go with the easy and cheap option. Let’s be entrepreneurial, I’ll give it a shot. Why not? Unless someone knows of another site and wishes to make me look like a fool, I spent like five minutes to make a new forum operating on a KISS principle:
Come join me, and enjoy having a quote function again.
well, I don’t wish to make you look like a fool, but there has been talk of reviving the old “old forum”.
Just registered.
I’m a fan of FreeForums.org personally. Did you check that one out? That’s the one I would’ve gone with, had I been the one to make a supplemental forum. But you beat me to it, blast you!
I find it ironic that I hit site issues twice while trying to reply to this…
Either way:
@JJ: that’d be awesome. I originally came from that forum way back when. In the meantime though…I’ll take up the first-movers advantage? :U
@Autolykos: cool! I did know of freeforums a while ago, but I went with hyperboards because there’s another (personal, me and some friends) that I manage with hyperboards.
I will join if there is a section where I can publish utter nonsense. An example would be discussing the benefits of Bayesian statistics vs. pizza.
There’s a “General” section. Does that count?
Quite possibly. I will run an experiment when I leave work for the day.
whats so hard with fixing the software? If one has enough experience it shouldnt be hard to fix id imagine. Unless its really that hard to fix the forum, then i guess one could just use a new forum software and still have it in the mises.org website?
Indeed, coincidentaly enough, the forums seems to be going tru major problems right now.
I don’t get it. I thought the glitchiness of the forum at the moment was the catalyst for this thread. Why would it be unexpected that you would have trouble replying in a thread complaining about forum issues?
It’s like you got on a boat to the Arctic, and upon arriving you comment on how “ironic” it is that it’s cold enough to warrant the arctic clothes you brought.
TBH I thought that was the reason for the thread when I first read the title. But after this post from Fephisto, I realized that the reason was not due only to problems occurring now, but more or less long-term ones. Thus, the coincidence, since, as of now, I’m having trouble everytime I reload the main page.
http://www.reddit.com/r/austrian_economics
10 months old and over 3,000 users.
FTFY.
What Michel said.
Well, whatever happens, I don’t think it can hurt to have even more outlets. After all, bla bla decentralization bla bla bla spontaneous order bla bla bla.
Adding to the irony ^
Its post count is 83. Daaaang!
Please please please please please… let’s find a way to improve the Mises forum. Potential replacement software, cost of implementation, etc.
just curious, if I bought this would anyone like to be head admin. I don’t want to mod or lead the forum in any way so I want to hand it to those who do.
How generous! Assuming this would be at the mises.org site, I’d be happy to help as a mod (bye bye Nike Pro Air 90’s!). But an admin needs a lot more technical knowledge than I possess. But first I think we need to find out what the current forum admins’ needs are, as far as replacement software goes.