Tony Jones
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Professor Chronotis
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Post by Tony Jones on Oct 24, 2015 9:04:19 GMT
I wonder how people are hearing about the forum - if you could vote it might be useful (I responded to a tweet). As we get stable we will be able to grow and we need to understand where people are coming from or even not coming from so we can reach out more.
I look forward to reading!
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Post by acousticwolf on Oct 24, 2015 10:33:17 GMT
A bit of everything really. I first caught a retweet from BF (from kimalysong I think) asking to keep in touch with people. When the forum reopened as read only I sent a pm to David (J Gallagher) asking what had happened and he told me about the FB page and a possible forum being set up. Not being on FB I then did a Google search and came across Tony Jones redrocketrising.com where he had more information on notthebigfinishforum (as we were). The rest as they say is history Cheers Tony
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Post by CookieMaster on Oct 24, 2015 15:26:07 GMT
I first heard about this place from haunting GB, a lot of people were a bit upset that the BF forum shut down so abruptly.
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Tony Jones
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Professor Chronotis
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Post by Tony Jones on Oct 24, 2015 15:31:43 GMT
That's an option I didn't put on the list - I'll tweak the vote categories!
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Oct 24, 2015 18:08:40 GMT
the question is how recent should the joining be to qualify as a recent joiner? is it just new people coming in now or everyone since the board recently started
my own story is similar to Acousticwolf's (though slightly shorter) so I'll edit his words for my situation.
When the forum reopened as read only I received a pm from David (J Gallagher) and he told me about the FB page. Not being on FB I then did a Google search and came across Tony Jones redrocketrising.com where he had more information on notthebigfinishforum (as we were).
I was initially concerned about the Ts and Cs but decided to risk it (and drop out if I start getting demands for money)
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Post by jasonward on Oct 24, 2015 18:13:54 GMT
What makes you concerned that you might get demands for money? Sure some money has been spent by a small number of the moderation/admin team, and going into the future there may well be something that allows other members to make donations to cover the running costs, but right now those are low, and I don't ever forsee a time when were going to be requiring people to pay money to be here, or even a time when donations become such a large topic that it detracts from the main areas the forum is about.
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Tony Jones
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Professor Chronotis
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Post by Tony Jones on Oct 24, 2015 18:27:54 GMT
By recent I suppose I meant those not in the first wave that came across from the FaceBook Zero Room group. Apologies for my lack of clarity!
I echo Jason's comments on money as well.
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Oct 24, 2015 18:35:08 GMT
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Tony Jones
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Professor Chronotis
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Post by Tony Jones on Oct 24, 2015 18:50:06 GMT
I would guess there's a context here and if PB started charging en made there would be thousands of annoyed users leaving in droves
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Post by jasonward on Oct 24, 2015 18:58:45 GMT
If that ever happened, I would strongly suspect the admin team here would up sticks and find a new home for us all.
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Post by TinDogPodcast on Oct 24, 2015 19:05:13 GMT
You are so right.
Free forum for all!
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Post by kfbate on Oct 25, 2015 18:20:55 GMT
Not going to happen! I also echo Jason's comments as well, this is a place which came out of Big Finish decision. Its for all and those that were BF Forum members.
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Post by aztec on Oct 25, 2015 19:20:08 GMT
Someone mentioned the Zero Room discussion group on Facebook, and a followed a link from there to here.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2015 2:30:59 GMT
TimeLord 007 sent me a PM on the Big Finish forums
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Post by Drew on Oct 26, 2015 2:52:26 GMT
I just saw this linked from a Facebook post! Awesome!
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Tony Jones
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Professor Chronotis
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Post by Tony Jones on Oct 27, 2015 13:01:48 GMT
Not many responses but Facebook is common. Do we want to post links around FaceBook eg on the other Big Finish groups (Audio and Listeners) or even on popular content on the Big Finish page?
Just a thought!
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Post by elkawho on Oct 27, 2015 13:51:50 GMT
Yes. I have been doing this as I can.
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Post by mrperson on Oct 27, 2015 20:04:18 GMT
via ElaEG private message on Gallifrey Base, which had been my first stop after the official one went down.
I had posted that I was using a different name but the same profile pick as I had on BF, in their newcomers section.
(An aside: I'm starting to think maybe all these pending major announcements might have had something to do with the closure. They're going to be pretty busy dealing with all the new customers)
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Post by Digi on Oct 28, 2015 3:05:18 GMT
Not sure if I count as a recent joiner? Anyway, over at the Doctor Who board of the GateWorld forms we have a BF thread. One of the regulars in that thread shared the link to this forum in there. No idea how they found this place, though.
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Oct 28, 2015 17:03:24 GMT
Sort of "pre" Zero Room on Facebook, being one of the original exiles who went rounding up others. So, no, not a "recent" joiner but here I am.
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