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Post by Geranium on Jan 18, 2011 10:05:48 GMT
I just went over to see if the old forum was still there, and found the following message from Hilary - I'm puzzled! Has anyone heard about these new forums? I'm curious - not that I want to join - I don't!
To all forumites: Our gardening website, liveforgardening.com is closing, to allow us to concentrate our resources on the growing success of Garden News and Garden Answers magazines.
We have launched two smaller sites to promote Garden News and Garden Answers in place of liveforgardening. If you have logged onto liveforgardening in the last few days, you will have found that it redirects you to the new Garden News site.
Unfortunately, as a knock-on effect, we will no longer be able to host the forum, which runs on the back of the website. The forum will close at the end of this week.
We would like to thank you for all your support for the forum, and for Garden News and Garden Answers, which we hope will continue.
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Post by esther on Jan 18, 2011 10:26:59 GMT
Geranium - all I can find are pages for Garden Answers and Garden News - I wasn't redirected anywhere
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Post by Geranium on Jan 18, 2011 10:28:59 GMT
Exactly! So - where are these mythical forums?
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Post by steve on Jan 18, 2011 10:30:54 GMT
I think she is saying it redirects you to 2 new sites not 2 new forums
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Post by esther on Jan 18, 2011 10:31:33 GMT
It doesn't actually mention forums so I don't reckon there are any
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Post by Geranium on Jan 18, 2011 10:36:32 GMT
I wasn't redirected anywhere, to sites OR forums! I'm annoyed by that message.
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Post by esther on Jan 18, 2011 10:40:52 GMT
I don't think they are at all bothered do you? In a way they have cut off their nose to spite their face - leaving a bit of illfeeling behind I think things could have been done in a nicer way
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Post by Geranium on Jan 18, 2011 10:49:42 GMT
I quite agree - I know there are members here who write for them, and they did ask us each month/week for comments on GA and GN. Will they rely on readers' letters from now on? I noticed that they have 'Twitter' set up for GA.
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Post by esther on Jan 18, 2011 10:51:51 GMT
I write for them Gernium
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Post by Tel on Jan 18, 2011 10:55:03 GMT
I don't think they are at all bothered do you? In a way they have cut off their nose to spite their face - leaving a bit of illfeeling behind I think things could have been done in a nicer way[/quote] So do i, I think it is their loss, thanks to the Mods, we have our own site, and the main thing, in my opinion, is our friends are still together.
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Post by Rosie on Jan 18, 2011 11:22:02 GMT
Your right there Tel, Steve has done a wonderful job putting this together and i am glad that we can all stay in touch. We mods felt very annoyed about the way the old forum closure was told to us too. Kind of a slap in the face really.
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Post by Cherry on Jan 18, 2011 12:13:39 GMT
I would support Rosie completely on that. You may find that we are even angrier than you are. Also, we know nothing more than you do. We are not 'them and us' mods.
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Post by Geranium on Jan 18, 2011 12:42:55 GMT
No, I realise that, Cherry. I couldn't believe my eyes when I found that message. Is there any way of showing our displeasure, do you think?
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Post by Cherry on Jan 18, 2011 12:51:13 GMT
We can't do anymore to show how we feel Geranium. No-one is listening. It might not be the fault of the editors either. Perhaps it is out of their hands and with Bauer Media.
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Post by Rosie on Jan 18, 2011 12:55:11 GMT
I doubt it would make any difference if they knew how we felt anyways, thing is we are better here as the board is not connected to anything but us
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