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Even partial migration would allow a mass cleanup which would be a lot of work but well worth it, and a 5-10 day moratorium on new posts would give mods a welcome breather to do that cleanup duty. It's beyond necessary because let's face it. Mods have been overwhelmed on this site for a long time and cleaning up dead posts has been all but abandoned. Help could be recruited through the use of a few dozen temp mods with limited powers specifically there for a couple of weeks to check and remove dead posts in specific sections. That would make the migration of the active site cleaner and simpler. You might also consider making members with their own threads responsible for either keeping their posts active or cleaning them out when the links expire. I can think of several who have threads hundreds of pages long with all but the last couple of pages dead. They have no interest in refreshing their links. It's all about posting for cash and what is dead is not worth their time. The internet equivalent of fly-tipping. It's also possible that removing the bloat and transferring all the dead weight to a separate archive forum that is view only would allow the main site to reset itself and become stable again. I really don't think the original architecture of this forum was ever designed to bear the sheer load that its evolution is putting on it. Just a few thoughts off the top of my head.
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I'm pretty sure PS has also expanded way beyond the size anyone ever thought it would and probably far beyond what the original designers intended for forums running on their system. We're not in that Kansas anymore. My grasp of this level of programming is very basic but even I can see this is less than a straightforward proposition. If someone knows better than those trying to handle it then perhaps volunteering services might not be a bad idea?
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If I was in charge I'd start tackling the cleanup now because it's something relatively simple if a bit laborious that would have immediate positive results in use, search and file system loads. That might actually help stabilize the file system and assist in any repairs by removing much useless code. It would also make migration a much smaller task if/when the time comes. Start with this simple rule change: If you post to your own thread it's your responsibility to maintain it by : a] refreshing all dead links or removing and reposting dead posts twice a month or b] clearing all dead posts twice a month Imagine how much smaller the Explicit Material section would suddenly become. You could then use this as the basis for tailoring rules to other specific sections And after all. There are many posters here slinging up endless material chasing the coins file hosts throw at them for downloads. Only fair they share the janitorial burden for their business.
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Mods would need a several month moratorium, to clean a single section of the forum, for instance, General Porn. We only have about 60 mods and not all of them are super active (we volunteer) and also, not all mods have clearance, for all sections. For instance, I CAN moderate/clean Group Models, but I don't, because that's not 'my section'. I'm sure for a major cleanup, things could be adjusted, but it's such a monumentally huge ask, from everyone and nigh impossible. Many posters are not interested in cleaning their own shit. When links/posts die, oh well. NEXT! It's an assembly line for them, with little to no quality control. I'd say the majority of them are strictly cash posters and many of those guys are in Explicit. I know this shit, because I used to moderate General Porn. For instance, some of these General Porn threads are 1,000+ pages. No one cleans GP threads, not even mods, unless it's a report for a dead link, then, only that link/post is removed. I'd love to clean all of GP/Explicit, but it would be never-ending task, even if you threw 10 mods at it, for many months (maybe a year), you probably still wouldn't finish. Bottom line, you and I care, they (cash posters) don't, but that's the nature of the beast.
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