All That Chat board down — Page 4

Monitoring a site for free 24 hours a day just sounds creepy to me.

All That Chat is not the only Internet site that calls it's moderators/owners 'volunteers.' Does anyone understand the economics involved...are they really just 'volunteers'?

"All That Chat is not the only Internet site that calls it's moderators/owners 'volunteers.' Does anyone understand the economics involved...are they really just 'volunteers'?"

Most moderators are just volunteers. I have a few friends that are moderators on different websites and don't get paid. That's not to say that ATC moderators worked for free.

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I believe that. Let the little people pay to keep the site secure. The same little people that they'll belittle, dismiss, and ban -- once the checks clear. Unless you're in their inner circle, you'll never be accepted. Merely tolerated. Why anyone would give those gorgons money, I'll never know.

Well-said, PB ENT. I've never worked for ATC, don't know anyone there, and they don't know me. While I've had some spirited discussions there, I've never had any issues with the mods or other denizens of ATC since its inception. Here, name-calling and other sorts of childishness is rampant and regrettable - like kicking another forum when they're down, and comparing them to gorgons and bedbegs, calling them creepy, and absurdly suggesting the board is down to raise money. It's really juvenile and petty, and makes me miss ATC.

and absurdly suggesting the board is down to raise money

How is that absurd?

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"...and absurdly suggesting the board is down to raise money"

Like any Internet business ATC, isn't forthcoming about its financial side... therefore I am beginning to wonder myself. The longer the site is down, isn't it more likely that people will contribute, except those who have given up.

I have to say that I'm surprised at the hostility to ATC that has been shown in this thread. I've been reading ATC regularly for at least ten years; while there have always been disagreements as there are in any large and diverse community, I have found the forum very informative and have had great interactions with people from ATC, online and in real life.

Although I do not know the organisation's current financial situation, I have no trouble believing that those organising it are (still) volunteers. I understand that it is not at all uncommon for such a site to be volunteer-run, and certainly ATC does not seem to run the type or volume of advertising that would be likely to make its owners wealthy, especially with the volume of traffic that it would appear to get.

It seems to me that ATC and BWW have always approached things from slightly perspectives, in a very good way that adds to the diversity of discourse about theatre. Can't we just look forward to having the ability again to use both?

"It couldn't have happened to a more deserving group of trolls, hags, and thugs. The pomp and arrogance and self-pride of some of the posters is off-putting."

Seems to me you saved a more than a little hostility for the ATC community, Rebecca. BTW, I have no idea what "put up the mask and its pretty!" is supposed to mean. As to administrators, this board does the same. People who work for them, or long-time posters get away with posting some really nasty stuff. The only difference I can tell is that ATC has stricter policies in general.

LizzieCurry, seems to me that deliberately keeping the board closed in order to raise funds is a very bad idea. Every day that passes since the hacking, they lose more people. Already some likely won't return for fear of being infected or hacked themselves. It's bad for business.

Fair enough, adamgreer. I read this:

"I have a feeling these "delays" are their way of keeping the site closed down until they get enough "donations" to pay for that monitoring service that apparently wasn't in their budget."

as your saying they had a choice in the matter, and somehow insinuates that they're doing something underhanded. Sorry if I misread you.

Rebecca, your username is truly amazing.

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I am most amused that anyone with half a brain would think that anyone at talkinbroadway and ATC makes one cent off that site. They do not. Their only income is banner ads and that basically pays to keep the site live. No reviewer is paid there - no one is paid there, just as no "reviewer" or reporter is paid here.

The posters at ATC skew older than here - here there seem to be mostly teens and mostly teens who are aspiring performers. While each board has its amusing moments, I find both rather intolerable most of the time and read each only occasionally because occasionally something interesting gets posted, but, more often than not, to see just how ridiculous things can get - the age of the Internet is not always to the good and these boards are living proof of it.