# Anyone else getting pissed off that the upgrade has stalled for 3 complete weeks? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 27, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823 "2008-10-27T19:49:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823/21 "2008-10-28T04:36:29Z")
Considering that Creative Loafing is hurtling down the gurgler and that Jerry probably doesn’t know if he’ll still have a job at the end of the week, I’m frankly surprised - and a touch grateful - that we’re still here at all. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823/22 "2008-10-28T04:44:02Z")
There’s nothing quite like doing a search… getting some weird memory error… hit the back button to search again… then being told to wait 300 seconds before you can search again. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823/23 "2008-10-28T04:46:23Z")
I honestly didn’t know we were still in the midst of an upgrade. What is supposed to be being done? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823/24 "2008-10-28T04:52:02Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > That sounds awesome in theory, but it’s been my interpretation that we as a group do not react well to being told damned near anything. Sometimes I think that the administration of this board treats telling us stuff to something akin to firing a shotgun loaded with superballs into a raquetball court. Something interesting is going to happen, but god only knows whats going to come back at you and how fast and from what angle. Brilliant way of putting it. I’ve been seeing this in action on an MMOG forum recently; no matter what the news from On High is, no matter how good or bad, no matter how delicately phrased, someone’s going to make a stink about it. Best just to shut up until absolutely necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823/25 "2008-10-28T04:57:39Z")
No, but I never really use the search feature much anyway. If I did I’d probably be a bit irked. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823/26 "2008-10-28T05:37:00Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Says the guy who got to keep his Charter Member title. 😉 > > Yeah, I lost mine in the upgrade, and I know they’re supposed to be working on it, but I know I’m not the only one a little ticked off by the situation. No, you’re not. But, shrug, there’s are many more important grievances in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823/27 "2008-10-28T05:57:16Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Says the guy who got to keep his Charter Member title. 😉 > > Yeah, I lost mine in the upgrade, and I know they’re supposed to be working on it, but I know I’m not the only one a little ticked off by the situation. Who let this riffraff in? Mods! Clean up! ---
**Author:** ![Libre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85e7bf/32.png) [@Libre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Libre)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823/28 "2008-10-28T06:02:41Z")
What do you expect, when it’s a free board? That’s one of the benefits of going free… complaints are like, “talk to the hand, we’ll get to it when we can.” ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823/29 "2008-10-28T06:14:32Z")
> [@Libre](#): > > What do you expect, when it’s a free board? That’s one of the benefits of going free… complaints are like, “talk to the hand, we’ll get to it when we can.” Exactly. It’s all a result of moving away from P2P. It was never like this before. I’m glad at least somebody gets it. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823/30 "2008-10-28T06:33:30Z")
If I had a pile of projects to prioritize, working on a series of hacks for a message board full of people apparently impossible to satisfy would not exactly be at the top of the pile. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823/31 "2008-10-28T10:35:44Z")
I want MY cigarettes! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823/32 "2008-10-28T12:33:46Z")
> [@Jeff](#): > > If I had a pile of projects to prioritize, working on a series of hacks for a message board full of people apparently impossible to satisfy would not exactly be at the top of the pile. Here you are just being a dumbfuck and ignorant to boot. One way or another \*\*Ed Zotti \*\*himself made it clear that he and his bosses want the SDMB to start making some real money. Well do you think revenues can actually go up if the board is not growing and getting more views? Do you think that even on a free board it is normal behavior for a long discussed upgrade to completely stall? To add a few new features and take them away as they are mildly more difficult for the mods to handle (Tags, I am talking about tags here. Groups too to a lesser extent.) I think you just posted to be a smartass and instead succeeded in showing what an ignorant moron you can be. As to impossible to satisfy, fuck yourself, I am usually one of the most vocal supporters of the board and have defended them far more often than not. I have tried to help out when we first cut over and we had a not unexpected solid week of bugs. So before you make your snide little insults maybe fight your own ignorance a bit. Jackass! ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823/33 "2008-10-28T13:04:44Z")
> [@Libre](#): > > What do you expect, when it’s a free board? That’s one of the benefits of going free… complaints are like, “talk to the hand, we’ll get to it when we can.” But a lot of us have paid for subscriptions, and are willing to continue to pay in order to avoid seeing the ads. We’ve paid for a service which we’re not getting. I post on another board which uses the same vBulletin software version, and they _never_ have the problems this board has, and it’s free. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823/34 "2008-10-28T15:36:05Z")
> [@Scissorjack](#): > > Considering that Creative Loafing is hurtling down the gurgler and that Jerry probably doesn’t know if he’ll still have a job at the end of the week, I’m frankly surprised - and a touch grateful - that we’re still here at all. !!! I know I made a MPSIMS thread on this, but… How dire is the situation??? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823/35 "2008-10-28T15:48:28Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > !!! > > I know I made a MPSIMS thread on this, but… How dire is the situation??? I’ve seen nothing to indicate Creative Loafing is in that much trouble. Companies commonly can come back out of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. I’d be interested if there are any news reports that support **Scissorjack** ’s contention. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823/36 "2008-10-28T15:56:31Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Well, I was, but then a gust of air wafted into the room, causing the cobweb in the corner to flutter gently for a moment, which provided me with something more important to think about. [/QUOTE] I read through all the subsequent posts and not one single update on this cobweb matter! Come on now. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823/37 "2008-10-28T16:10:19Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Here you are just being a dumbfuck and ignorant to boot. One way or another \*\*Ed Zotti \*\*himself made it clear that he and his bosses want the SDMB to start making some real money. Well do you think revenues can actually go up if the board is not growing and getting more views? Do you think that even on a free board it is normal behavior for a long discussed upgrade to completely stall? To add a few new features and take them away as they are mildly more difficult for the mods to handle (Tags, I am talking about tags here. Groups too to a lesser extent.) I think you just posted to be a smartass and instead succeeded in showing what an ignorant moron you can be. > > As to impossible to satisfy, fuck yourself, I am usually one of the most vocal supporters of the board and have defended them far more often than not. I have tried to help out when we first cut over and we had a not unexpected solid week of bugs. So before you make your snide little insults maybe fight your own ignorance a bit. Jackass! Wow, taking that remark quite a bit personally, eh jackass? Unwad thy panties, sir. I think I posted an honest assessment of one person’s ability to influence policy even if he’s not in charge. If jdavis read even a fraction of the asshole comments about board function, and then only took a fraction of them to heart, I think he’d still be annoyed to have to make time in his schedule for a gaggle of whiners. You can choose to include yourself in that characterisation if you want, it’s a free world and nobody’s stopping you. Either way, go fuck yourself you oversensitive cunt. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823/38 "2008-10-28T16:19:39Z")
So what is your answer to the fact that a 3 week complete stoppage in no way grows the board. Why do you think a simple courtesy update from \*\*Jerry \*\*of \*\*Ed \*\*is too much to ask? You made the glib statement thinking this was only a series of hacks on a Message Board. Your accusation of “apparently impossible to satisfy” was bullshit and asinine unless you really feel we members have no expectation of being informed of what is going on with the board. If so, why did you even bother to post in the thread at all then. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823/39 "2008-10-28T16:21:46Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > You have asked us to be patient, I think we have been. What the hell is going on? Will the upgrade ever be completed? Is anything being worked on for the SDMB? [The last update from Jerry](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482569)was In related news, the Pope shit in the woods and a bear is Catholic. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-pissed-off-that-the-upgrade-has-stalled-for-3-complete-weeks/469823/40 "2008-10-28T16:32:16Z")
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