website slow?

LMH · #1 (**permalink**) 08-31-2019, 08:59 PM

Is Jamo the current moderator? I haven't seen a moderator post anything in quite a while.

Couple guys on Facebook said they can't seem to join the site. No one sending them confirmation emails once they sign up.
Larry

xb-60 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-01-2019, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by LMH

...Couple guys on Facebook said they can't seem to join the site. No one sending them confirmation emails once they sign up.
Larry

Not that long ago, I couldn't login to CC for days at a time, so I tried adding a second login, "xb-60_2". If I search for that ID, it's there, but it's not activated.
Sounds like nobody's steering the ship.
Happy to be contradicted....

Cheers!
Glen

Jamo · #3 (**permalink**) 09-14-2019, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by LMH

Is Jamo the current moderator? I haven't seen a moderator post anything in quite a while.

Couple guys on Facebook said they can't seem to join the site. No one sending them confirmation emails once they sign up.
Larry

Missed seeing this. Yes. I've been cloaked for several years (you don't see when I'm online). I rarely post, but I'm here near daily fixing stuff when I see it or it's been reported...spam, etc....and helping folks when I can. Patrick's correct...I do not have any administrator functions, so any b!tching to me is not really going to help. I pass on issues to Brent. CW left years ago...just left. I've been it. Folks don't squabble much anymore so I rarely have to police anyone, but it still happens...and it is done quietly and without patience or discussion (one of the reasons I stay cloaked...not interested in everyone's opinion).

If I get questions regarding anything I just explained, they'll be ignored. Read.

Personal opinion...Facebook groups have had a huge effect on forums. I collect watches...there are few watch forums left since most have gone to Facebook groups. That said, we have rather unusual cars...different mfgs, different builds, different issues than other car collecting folks have. This forum still contains a wealth of information you simply are not going to find in Facebook groups. Ever tried to research "threads" in a Facebook group? They compliment each other. Our Gasholes group remains alive and well (nobody's died) and yet we all use Facebook to annoy each other ("we don't like us either")...but we can still have long discussions on our forum about how fvcked up democrats are or the fact Turk has a gopher problem or Wilf can advise someone about the electrical problem on his Cobra. I think having all of the various types of online discussions is great...but that's just me. I just wish I could get my wife and girls to answer the dam phone when I call!

And that's all I have to say 'bout that. Nice talking to me.

55312 · #4 (**permalink**) 09-14-2019, 08:06 AM

Been two weeks of not getting access for me as well. Got in through the forum route this morning after checking on Google to see if the site still existed.
The right guy to figure this out is Brent. He's the dude for keeping this thing running. Hope he chimes in soon. He will be tough to replace.

xb-60 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-23-2019, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Jamo

...I pass on issues to Brent...

So....the access issue has been passed on to Brett....and....?

Glen

patrickt · #6 (**permalink**) 09-23-2019, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by xb-60

So....the access issue has been passed on to Brett....and....?

Glen

… and totally ignored.

But for years Brent was reasonably responsive. He never just ignored the site for weeks at a time. Very strange. It makes you wonder if he hasn't had some sort of health issue or something else going on in his life (meaning, something "bad") that has taken up virtually 100% of his time.

xb-60 · #7 (**permalink**) 09-24-2019, 05:04 AM

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Originally Posted by patrickt

…It makes you wonder if he hasn't had some sort of health issue or something else going on....

but

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Originally Posted by Jamo

....Our Gasholes group remains alive and well....we can still have long discussions ...

and

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Originally Posted by Jamo

...Nice talking to me.

Yep, draw your own conclusion

Cheers
Glen

Ozzie Goat · #8 (**permalink**) 09-24-2019, 05:56 AM

If the front door of Club Cobra is closed, I'm not all that concerned.

For ages, doing a Google search and linking to Club Cobra content is much more efficient. Create shortcuts to Forums you frequent.

It would be nice to have these defects resolved, but it's the content we should be up in arms about. I can't imagine owning a Cobra-like-object and not having the collective wisdom of everyone that faced all the challenges before me.

xb-60 · #9 (**permalink**) 09-24-2019, 06:03 AM

I hope it continues to be that simple. My fear, however, is that the website will fall over completely and none of us will have access to any of the information here.
That would be most unfortunate.