It looks like some people dont know what Social Networks are, and, some people dont want it. The majority of people posting here are against it. Prob. wont happen.
Webmasters cannot ignore social networks and DP sure can use a sub-forum. Lots of newbies and even veterans can benefit from it. With the rapid growth of facebook apps and myspace apps new revenue opportunities are there for the taking. I am in favor but doubt whether DP can take the load.
YEEEEEHAAA finally, support! thanks and please people POST HERE IF YOU AGREE THAT SOCIAL NETWORKING SHOULD HAVE A SECTION ON DP!!
I agree. I said it early on in this thread. What I'm not sure about is whether the DP servers can take the additional load.
Ta for the support fella! on the server load issue, is this an inherent problem with vBulletin? only reason Im asking is the site 98% of the time loads SUPER quick for its load so I cant see how another few sections would make much difference (mind you none of my forums have this kind of load LOL)
Well I'm only guessing but I think the 10 blades it uses at the moment are set up to take the strain of the current forum configuration and that adding more forums would require a significant amount of faffing about to rebalance the new setup and may even require an additional blade or two (10k each). That could all be complete crap of course - Server Admin isn't exactly a strength of mine.
its no strength of mine either, and its something thats always surprised me as to why the owner(s) of the forum (I dont know if shawn goes it alone or not) pay for it at all..... I would have a sweet deal with the server supplier going in return for the odd link at the footer of a page.. that would be worth a fortune to a server company on this website, probably the best placed advertising on the web for a tech company.
yep, I bought a GSS site, but I havent played about with it too much yet.... its actually for this: http://apps.facebook.com/megaarcade/ which is kind of social networking related as well!! ANYWAY - back onto thread as it were, please voice your support here people for social networking sections within the forums!!!
Not to spam but I already have a forum for social networking webmasters: www.jibber.net Check it out and let me know what you think.
Cool name! Hmm, it's very green. Not many peeps on their yet but I signed up - I'm sure it will turn into a rockin' forum! Let me know if you want a spot in my sig for a short time to promo the place.