Time to say thanks to ChessUSA for all the good years and move

[Harvey Williamson]

Some information from the actie forum help page. It does look like you have to pay for ad removal.

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[Rebel]

I never seen any ad on the forum, you?

What happened to SOLIDARITY ?

Solidarity with those who can't access the forum.

[Harvey Williamson]

I never seen any ad on the forum, you?

What happened to SOLIDARITY ?

Solidarity with those who can't access the forum.

Every time I login to your forum I get adverts. I will email you a screenshot when I get home.

[mclane]

I never seen any ad on the forum, you?

What happened to SOLIDARITY ?

Solidarity with those who can't access the forum.

Exactly.
e.g. Chris W., Moderator candidate cannot access the forum.
But hey, thats how some people „create“ democratical structures.
By not allowing people to participate they don’t want to see participating.

[Harvey Williamson]

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I never seen any ad on the forum, you?

What happened to SOLIDARITY ?

Solidarity with those who can't access the forum.

Every time I login to your forum I get adverts. I will email you a screenshot when I get home.

The forum website clearly says you have to pay to remove ads.This is what I see at the bottom of the login page:

[Harvey Williamson]

I never seen any ad on the forum, you?

What happened to SOLIDARITY ?

Solidarity with those who can't access the forum.

Exactly.
e.g. Chris W., Moderator candidate cannot access the forum.
But hey, thats how some people „create“ democratical structures.
By not allowing people to participate they don’t want to see participating.

Ed complained in this thread that the moderators are not doing enough but when we do our due diligence to check out his suggestion he also complains.

[smatovic]

I suggest that all moderator candidates add a statement on their policy how they intend to deal with the IP blocking issue. I am pretty sure Chris is able to use a US http-proxy or VPN to get access to TalkChess if he is interested. We can vote for the mods and the question to move the forum in one run, or alike.

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Srdja

[Modern Times]

You see ads everywhere you go, very common on the internet, as long as they aren't overly intrusive I don't see that as a big issue.

[Henk]

I suggest that all moderator candidates add a statement on their policy how they intend to deal with the IP blocking issue. I am pretty sure Chris is able to use a US http-proxy or VPN to get access to TalkChess if he is interested. We can vote for the mods and the question to move the forum in one run, or alike.

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Srdja

First they voted to cut of CTF, now Polish users and some others. I mean what can we expect from them in the future. Ask Sam the Eagle.

[Harvey Williamson]

You see ads everywhere you go, very common on the internet, as long as they aren't overly intrusive I don't see that as a big issue.

Not a huge issue for me either. However Ed has posted elsewhere that they can be got rid of for around 70 Euros a year which does not seem unreasonable. I wonder if they will also charge to move the talkchess.com address to them as we would not be using one of their addresses. The biggest worry is that after the move the same attacker continues. What will the new hosts reaction be to this?