Whynot jabbers, complete with a peepshow analogy.

whynot_31

There is a Facebook group called Neighbors of Brooklyn Jewish Hospital, there is a blog I Love Franklin Ave, the Prospect Heights Patch is sort of a blog as well.

I can't cover CH between Nostrand and Kingston as well as I do "west of Nostrand", because my primary method of gaining info (walking my dog) takes place within a pretty set radius of my apartment.

....but I do love how posters are stepping up to cover that part of CH.

xlizellx

whynot_31 said:

There is a Facebook group called Neighbors of Brooklyn Jewish Hospital, there is a blog I Love Franklin Ave, the Prospect Heights Patch is sort of a blog as well.

I can't cover CH between Nostrand and Kingston as well as I do "west of Nostrand", because my primary method of gaining info (walking my dog) takes place within a pretty set radius of my apartment.

....but I do love how posters are stepping up to cover that part of CH.

All exist, yes, but ILoveFranklinAve has slowed down and scoops other places more often (no fault to Nick, I totally get lives changing!!)

The Facebook page is more specific to the building (heat, laundry, water, things for sale, etc)

The Patch is done but again scoops Brooklynian or Brownstoner a lot.

whynot_31

When xlizellx says scoops, I believe she means "gets a lot of its info from".

As in "It seems apparent that The Patch gets a lot of its info from Brooklyian and Brownstoner, yet does not cite them as one of her sources. The editor uses Brooklynian and Brownstoner as raw material, which she then puffs up by getting a few quotes from the proprietors"

As in "ILoveFranklinAve has slowed down and gets its a lot of its info from other places more often (no fault to Nick, I totally get lives changing!!)"

When ILFA and Brownstoner use Broklynian as a base for their stories, they have the courtesy to cite Brooklynian as a source.

We should keep in mind that very little info is "new", and that posters on Brooklynian get their info from a variety of sources as well.

However, we encourage readers to cite their sources. Most seem to.

booklaw

That would of course be an unusual use of the term, "scoops", which usually has pretty much the opposite meaning.

whynot_31

I agree. ...but because xlizellx has stated she is a teacher, I fear being sent to the principal for correcting her. I had a mean 4th grade teacher.

xlizellx

Look...I'm on spring break. Thank you for translating, Whynot!

ntfool

whynot_31 said:

I am having a beer at the Nostrand Avenue Pub once it opens, and you can't stop me.

Damn Mods think they rule the world....

Ha! I happen to randomly be friendly with one of the owners of the soon-to-open Nostrand Pub. He was just over for poker night last week. I will definitely be getting a beer there once he is able to get up and running!

newguy88

Hmm, maybe one of the reasons for the low post count are disappearing posts. It seems the the forums are eating some of my posts. I type something in click "send post" and poof nothing. Weird thing is I can see my post but its not showing up on the forum as last poster.

whynot_31

NTFool -

Please see if you can get us inside info as to when it will open. K thx

Newguy88-

That is a known problem with this platform. We also get "can not connect to database" errors. I attribute that to this being a low budget operation.

newguy88

The lack of posts VS views is getting absurd. Are we sure the view counter isn't busted?

whynot_31

Not all of the views are by humans.

Search engines are part of every post's count.

newguy88

Ah that explains it. But it does seem that the forum is getting quieter all the time. I remember it being fairly lively when I first joined up.

whynot_31

As readers are aware, the old format finally crashed to the degree that it was deemed no longer useable. We are now using a format that is more reliable, but lacks the PM feature, and is verrrry slow.As a result of attrition, the site now almost exclusively focuses on western Crown Heights. We seem to have attracted and maintained a core group of knowledgeable readers, which includes people who are quite active in local affairs. But we need some more active members in order to keep this interesting. There's no way this site sustainable strictly on the basis of my knowledge, and the info that I am regularly provided by reliable (yet confident sources).So, in the near future I am going to begin an old fashion business card campaign. Let's give grandma some oxygen, and see if she'll stay alive a little longer...

laura palmer

Thank you, Whynot. I've learned a lot from this board (and I don't mean just what's coming up behind the scaffolding on each corner, but from the thoughtful debates on the neighborhood's rate of change as well). It would be a huge shame for it to fizzle out and I appreciate all the efforts the moderators have made to fix the bugs and keep the site running. But I worry that the slowness will weed out all but the most patient readers and vociferous spambots. I know there are moments now when I don't post because I don't have the time for the trial and error it can take. I only barely understand net neutrality, but I wonder if perhaps the site's slowness is due to lack of funds? Could one pay for a faster server? If that's the case, I would gladly call for a collection. I would be happy to skip a dinner out or two to give the site a fighting chance.

whynot_31

A faster platform has been found, and AdmiN will move us over to it when he is able.Then, there are plans to tell former users (via email) that we have improved, with the hope that they will return.Until then, we endure a slow site and I am a 17 tear old dreaming of racing the equivalent of a 2001 Toyota Corolla that is presently in the shop.I imagine it as turning into a corvette, while only fixing the spark plugs.Or something like that.

Brooklynian

The site doesn't seem to be slow anymore, at least for me.

whynot_31

Yes, the upgrade does seem to have made it quicker

whynot_31

So, should we email former users and tell them our new platform is now 66% less annoying?