08-09-2025, 08:26 AM
(13-08-2025, 07:56 PM)darrenjlobb Wrote: Its a crying shame the way forums have gone.
Great to see you back on here & to know you're still keeping some 306's alive. Yes, I also miss the days when the forum was full of discussion. It was the inability to keep the bots out that ultimately killed it off though. It would probably be quietly ticking along with the occasional new member if it weren't for that.
I'm registered with Peugeot Forums & I'm starting to notice a lot of posts and threads which I'm pretty sure are being made by AI. It's going to be a huge problem going forward for every forum, possibly even those running on relatively new platforms with up-to-date technology to combat it.
I've had the same feeling as you about not bothering to start a project thread here as noone would read it. I don't think that's true though. If you look at the stats though, there are still quite a lot of people brosing the site, even if they aren't commenting. (It's maybe people who would have liked to become members but can't as Fooby had to block new members to stop the bots).
Rather than doing a full project thread I'm thinking I will post the odd pic showing progress. Cheers for now.