# Are there other Dopers who would rather deal with occasional downtime...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-other-dopers-who-would-rather-deal-with-occasional-downtime/442322>\
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**Created:** [March 22, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-other-dopers-who-would-rather-deal-with-occasional-downtime/442322 "2008-03-22T07:44:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-other-dopers-who-would-rather-deal-with-occasional-downtime/442322/41 "2008-03-24T00:38:33Z")

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I don’t understand why we can’t switch to a new platform that actually works. This is 2008… there are so many options available to us, and WE ARE PAYING FOR THIS NOW!!!

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-other-dopers-who-would-rather-deal-with-occasional-downtime/442322/42 "2008-03-24T23:29:18Z")

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Good news: Search is back.

Bad news: You must wait 5 minutes (300 seconds) between searches.

We didn’t have these problems under the Tsar.

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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-other-dopers-who-would-rather-deal-with-occasional-downtime/442322/43 "2008-03-25T00:00:59Z")

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[QUOTE=DaveRaver]  
I don’t understand why we can’t switch to a new platform that actually works. This is 2008… there are so many options available to us, and WE ARE PAYING FOR THIS NOW!!!  
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1. Because you aren’t paying enough for it (that’s why it’s still a shoestring operation), and

2. Because the new owners aren’t sinking money into the situation without having some reason to believe it will produce revenue (a not surprising position by a for-profit company). 😉

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-other-dopers-who-would-rather-deal-with-occasional-downtime/442322/44 "2008-03-25T00:20:15Z")

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I’m not sure it’s even a realistic choice - since ‘downtime’ might actually represent damage to the database - that needs to be repaired - it isn’t a simple case of us just deciding which kind of inconvenience we would prefer to endure - one of the choices infers more broad consequences than the other.

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**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-other-dopers-who-would-rather-deal-with-occasional-downtime/442322/45 "2008-03-25T00:33:34Z")

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[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq]  
2. Because the new owners aren’t sinking money into the situation without having some reason to believe it will produce revenue (a not surprising position by a for-profit company). 😉  
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For a for profit company they are surprisingly in the dark about how to turn a profit off of a popular message board and then use a portion of those profits to ensure the board runs smoothly.

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