Members abzurd Posted January 9, 2013 Members Share Posted January 9, 2013 I know there have been threads asking about the HC forums in the past, but good grief. Over the last several days now the forum doesn't load about 75% of the time. Roughly 1/2 of my replies to threads end up going out the window so I have to paste them into another application before submitting so when lose it I can resubmit.This has been happening off and on for years now and it's well past embarrassing. Activity is down, new users can't get in to post questions. Simply put, the basic functional tenets of a forum are just not here.FWIW, in the last week I've been frequenting soundforums.net. No problems there. Everything is fast and stable and there's even a mobile app environment. There might be that choice in my personal settings here, but that link has been "spinning" since I started typing this Don't get me wrong, I love it here, but the neighborhood is going to hell.It took 3 tries to post this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarman3001 Posted January 9, 2013 Members Share Posted January 9, 2013 I doubt it. The forums have been f*cked for so long now that it has become blatantly obvious that the site owners (the Guitar Center conglomerate) and/or sysadmins don't give a flying crap. I realize that this is a large site with a lot of traffic but a company like GC has more than enough resources to get their act together and put up a working forum if they want to. The fact that this forum has been broken for years (since before the HC 2.0 debacle) and continues to get worse and worse is enough of an indicator that they simply don't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mutha Goose Posted January 9, 2013 Members Share Posted January 9, 2013 I second this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BillESC Posted January 9, 2013 Members Share Posted January 9, 2013 I was surprised when it loaded for me today, shocked really... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rbts Posted January 9, 2013 Members Share Posted January 9, 2013 For me - it has just been the last "few" days - but it is really frustrating!! And frustrating is = "bad". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpaceNorman Posted January 9, 2013 Members Share Posted January 9, 2013 Originally Posted by BillESC I was surprised when it loaded for me today, shocked really... Sadly, that pretty much sums it up for me to ... shocked when it does work. Oh well, I suppose it's consistent with the prevailing sentiment we tend to have about sound gear - "you get what you pay for". Clearly, we're getting what we paid for in terms of forum performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted January 9, 2013 Members Share Posted January 9, 2013 I don't know who is running this nickel and dime puppet show, but it's been pretty bad lately. Or maybe that's someone's definition of Rich Media Content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members abzurd Posted January 9, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 9, 2013 Originally Posted by guitarman3001 I doubt it. The forums have been f*cked for so long now that it has become blatantly obvious that the site owners (the Guitar Center conglomerate) and/or sysadmins don't give a flying crap. I realize that this is a large site with a lot of traffic but a company like GC has more than enough resources to get their act together and put up a working forum if they want to. The fact that this forum has been broken for years (since before the HC 2.0 debacle) and continues to get worse and worse is enough of an indicator that they simply don't care. Unfortunately, this is the only plausible explanation. Obviously "they" don't think the value of the forum is worth the resources needed to stabilize the environment. It would be a pity but at this point I'd be in favor of just bringing over the post counts and user names and start fresh on content. Let the dinosaurs die and start a new day. As it is now is just a pathetic shell of what is used to be. The other options are "moving on" or accepting the definition of insanity and continuing to hit "refresh" until the page loads. Until this week this is the only forum I've spent any real time on in my internet life. Sadly I have one foot out the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted January 9, 2013 Members Share Posted January 9, 2013 It is most surprising to me that they do not see the inherent value to their site and the traffic it generates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jorn Posted January 9, 2013 Members Share Posted January 9, 2013 Guys, There is a long discussion about this link over at drummerworld.comhttp://thetoneking.com/wp/life-suppo...guitar-center/ Apparently Guitar Center is not doing that well. thx jorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoadRanger Posted January 10, 2013 Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 The unofficial official word is that HC 3.0 has been in Beta for a while and is ready to go - but they are nervous after the HC 2.0 fiasco so need a boot in the arse to "just do it". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members abzurd Posted January 10, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 Originally Posted by jorn Guys,There is a long discussion about this link over at drummerworld.comhttp://thetoneking.com/wp/life-suppo...guitar-center/Apparently Guitar Center is not doing that well.thxjorn That link doesn't work and I feel weird posting it in a Guitar Center owned forum, but if you google it's easy to find. I had no idea, but it certainly explains some things.Oh, and it took 12 tries to post this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoadRanger Posted January 10, 2013 Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 See announcement!http://www.harmonycentral.com/index.jspa"ANNOUNCEMENT: IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members abzurd Posted January 10, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 Sweet. Fingers and toes are crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoadRanger Posted January 10, 2013 Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 Oh, and check out Craig Anderton's satirical videos on the subject :http://cacophony.aspinock.com/index.....msg866#msg866 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted January 10, 2013 Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 Lets hope this migration goes well, I suspect they learned a lot from 2.0... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IsildursBane Posted January 10, 2013 Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 Originally Posted by guitarman3001 I doubt it. The forums have been f*cked for so long now that it has become blatantly obvious that the site owners (the Guitar Center conglomerate) and/or sysadmins don't give a flying crap. I think it's dangerous to make that assumption at any time. You never know what may be tying a person's hands...-Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Koopdaddy Posted January 10, 2013 Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 I would love the additional of accessing the forum via tapatalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members abzurd Posted January 11, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 11, 2013 Originally Posted by IsildursBane I think it's dangerous to make that assumption at any time. You never know what may be tying a person's hands...-Dan. How can any other assumption be made? It's not rocket science, it's a damn internet forum and it's been years now since it's been stable. When dividing resources it's clear the forums were low on the totem pole and not given priority of time or money. The only other explanation is total incompetence. I'm giving the benefit of the doubt there and figuring it's just apathy and there were larger fish to fry. Understanding the gloomy financial state of the owners of this forum I'm not necessarily faulting them. I may make the same decision. Still, it is what it is, a complete disaster that's not that hard to fix, despite the excuses. It just takes time, but not 2 years, and money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members loco_p_man Posted January 17, 2013 Members Share Posted January 17, 2013 The new format seems to loading quickly and consistently. There, now I have ensured it will never do that again ! :catvery-happy: I make no comment on functionality, but things have got off to a good start at least ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twostone Posted January 17, 2013 Members Share Posted January 17, 2013 Wow finally can post again almost gave up on this place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fdew Posted January 17, 2013 Members Share Posted January 17, 2013 People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones.Charles Kettering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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