Maybe you want to make a sticky thread in the helpdesk for the purpose of lowering dataload.

Discussion in 'The Help Desk' started by Tererune, Feb 23, 2024.

  1. Tererune

    Tererune Troll princess and Magical Girl

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    Since I get that you do not want contributions to the cost of the board. I figure that is to keep it minimal to establish so you do not need to defer any power to a contributor.

    That is great, and I love it. Thank you.

    I think we should sticky a way to remote host media at our own cost. For all the people who want to contribute to some sort of wordforge data link we should handle that on our end and find ways to not upload large files to the server like pictures or videos.

    BTW those who complain text is so not an issue if there is storage of pictures on site which there is.

    If you want to do something, I think there could be established a cloud alternative for people to use for their media linking which maybe we want to organize and contribute to?

    Just offering some options, and saying people really should do it themselves rather than use wordforge resources.

    If the moderators like I could write up the post for you and research some available methods of private could based storage that would work for individuals across a number of mediums for a stickie post in the helpdesk so you do not have to do this.

    I am up for that and maybe others can contribute to this for methods they use to store data on the web for their own use. This way when elon the fuckhead screws up twitter and makes referencing it a problem people like @Tuckerfan can easily buffer that with personal or a community funded data cache.
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  2. Tererune

    Tererune Troll princess and Magical Girl

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    Just wondering, should I try to render my avatar pics at a lower data level for upload, or does the software automatically do that?
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  3. steve2^4

    steve2^4 Aged Meat

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    Stickies take too much overhead and should only be used as a means for mods to troll members.

    Please.
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  4. Fisherman's Worf

    Fisherman's Worf I am the Seaman, I am the Walrus, Qu-Qu-Qapla'!

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    Stickies actually take up a lot of database resources, so it's best to limit sticky threads to crucial board goals such as trolling @steve2^4.
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