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[eFestivals]

End of the Road have indicated that they see no value in this forum and so it's been decided that it won't continue as an official forum, and that there's better uses of its space on the forums index.

The forum can continue to exist within the 'old forums' section.

[Henry41]

Nice...

[staffop]

Strange, i thought this was a really good community for all EOTR related discussions. Personally, i'm not a fan of the facebook pages so am unsure where we (I) am meant to go...

:-(((((

[Infinite Jest]

Looks like we are still able to post in here, so I guess the only change is that it's no longer in the main index?

Makes sense I guess. There wasn't a lot of traffic, and EoTR seem to prefer using Facebook, their own site and Twitter to communicate. This has been a great forum for me, anyway, so thanks to efests, the staff and the forum regulars for the good times

edit: yep, the comment went through. As you were, everybody. Keep posting!

Edited March 8, 2013 by Infinite Jest

[eFestivals]

Looks like we are still able to post in here, so I guess the only change is that it's no longer in the main index?

you're still able to post here, but the forums link from the EotR pages on the main efests pages now goes to the UK Festivals forum, so it's quite possible that new threads will now start appearing there rather than here.

[zahidf]

That's a shame, but all good things e.t.c

I guess the regulars will post about it anyway.

[thetime]

bit of a gutter as this will be my first eotr. like staffop says facebook is awful for festival chat, might give eotr a go though if info needed.

[zahidf]

bit of a gutter as this will be my first eotr. like staffop says facebook is awful for festival chat, might give eotr a go though if info needed.

[cortezuk]

you're still able to post here, but the forums link from the EotR pages on the main efests pages now goes to the UK Festivals forum, so it's quite possible that new threads will now start appearing there rather than here.

[WM Hall]

"no value"...?

seems a little harsh, doesn't it?

poor move by the festival, and a real shame!

[Infinite Jest]

^^

My guess is that "official" forums are forums that smaller festivals pay efests to host. This benefits both parties (festival doesn't have to maintain a forum, efests gets traffic and money). But given that most of EoTR's traffic now happens on their Facebook page, which wasn't the case when this forum opened, it seems to me that they see "no value" in paying to have a forum.

The wording is harsh (I like to think we have some value ), but I can certainly see the logic.

[riverlodge]

dont we like being obscure at eotr? we just got that in spades.

[theampersanddevil]

dont we like being obscure at eotr? we just got that in spades.

[baroquepop]

I guess what this really means EOTR don't think eFestivals is value for money. I don't know what the costs are, but everything has its price.

At least my bookmark for EOTR was unaffected, so it's makes nodifference to me. Like many others (usuallly in the IT profession) I steer clear of Facebook.

Edited March 10, 2013 by baroquepop

[eFestivals]

^^

My guess is that "official" forums are forums that smaller festivals pay efests to host.

Not correct.

It was offered and given to them as a favour.

Edited March 11, 2013 by eFestivals

[eFestivals]

No it doesn't!

It still directs you to eFestivals!!

Please can you put it back?

eh?

The forums link from the EotR pages on eFestivals did take you to this forum, but now it takes you to the UK festivals forum.

[thetime]

eh?

The forums link from the EotR pages on eFestivals did take you to this forum, but now it takes you to the UK festivals forum.

[Infinite Jest]

Not correct.

It was offered and given to them as a favour.

[cortezuk]

eh?The forums link from the EotR pages on eFestivals did take you to this forum, but now it takes you to the UK festivals forum.

[GeorgelogVIII]

Great to see the forum still going though, took me a while to find it now! They see no value in it because they cannot control the information posted on here. And where have all the regular posters gone? Its all a bit weird.

Thank you for keeping it going Neil

[eFestivals]

...because they cannot control the information posted on here.

they could actually. At least one rep of EotR always had moderation rights to the forums.

[Amy Lawn]

We ought to have an uprising, like those posh kids in that film where Anne Hathaway had a haircut and the rest of the film ran out plot.

[RedRockRick]

The Facebook page is full of deliriously happy people, probably with the same i.p. address, all going Yippee, Yaroo, Fantastic, Amazing, Who'd Have Thought It?, Superhappy, blah blah blah, which no doubt is seen as the way forward. It's not as though there's exactly been a shortageof that here recently in any event, but at least that's had a semblance of comment rather than advertisement.

Edited March 13, 2013 by RedRockRick

[shoebox]

Yeah, but the Facebook page is also full of people expecting Neil Young to be announced to play the cider bus. That must be exasperating for the organisers. I know I get annoyed with ridiculous speculation/requests and I don't even run the bloody thing.

I'll stick with the realism and sensible discussion here thanks.

[geofelgie]

Yeah, but the Facebook page is also full of people expecting Neil Young to be announced to play the cider bus. That must be exasperating for the organisers. I know I get annoyed with ridiculous speculation/requests and I don't even run the bloody thing.

I'll stick with the realism and sensible discussion here thanks.