Amazon exiles discussion
Amazon exiles
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Nov 11, 2018 05:25AM
Not for me. My life is full of heated debates already. I come here to escape.
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On thinking about it I do have a concern. That is that by keeping neutral and polite we have avoided attracting unnecessarily argumentative members so far.If we started using political and religious language, it would likely show up in online searches and we might attract new members whose sole purpose is to make controversial statements.
On balance then I might try to set something up on a different site somewhere - perhaps a moderated one. If I do I'll let anyone who's interested know. Don't hold your breath though!
x ... ! ... HAPPY INTERNATIONAL MEN'S DAY TO ALL MEN ... ! ... x
suzysunshine7 wrote: "x ... ! ... HAPPY INTERNATIONAL MEN'S DAY TO ALL MEN ... ! ... x"And possibly all women? !
We have our own Day in March though? - so I think that we should let the Men have their Day to themselves ;o>
As long as they leave us alone?
Do half of the Washing-Up - and remember to always put the Loo Seat down ;o>
You'll be expecting us to use a knife and fork next :)
Grizzlygrump wrote: "You'll be expecting us to use a knife and fork next :)"Only those who can be trusted with sharp objects...
suzysunshine7 wrote: "x ... ! ... HAPPY INTERNATIONAL MEN'S DAY TO ALL MEN ... ! ... x"Wha...uh....ehhh?!
I didn't know that was a thing! Or the ladies one...what next? International babies day? Oh purlease! *rolls eyes*
There's already a day for us blokes anyway...it's called father's day. Which pretty much covers every male on the planet, bar the orphaned boys though..poor things!
Thanks suzy! - I wasn't aware of it. Google certainly didn't honour it with one of their doodles although they do honour International Women's Day.
it is, i do, and i would, but i (like the greater majority of individuals on here) live in the u.s.g.b.! thanks for the thought tho'.
theDuke wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "x ... ! ... HAPPY INTERNATIONAL MEN'S DAY TO ALL MEN ... ! ... x"Wha...uh....ehhh?!
I didn't know that was a thing! Or the ladies one...what next? International babies day?..."
Absolutely correct, Duke! ...
Universal Children's Day was indeed on the day after International Men's Day ;o>
Tech wrote: "it is, i do, and i would, but i (like the greater majority of individuals on here) live in the u.s.g.b.! thanks for the thought tho'."GOD BLESS THE UNITED KINGDOM ;o>
I've deleted a spam message further up thread, in case anyone's wondering what tech & Suzy are on about.
We've also been 'donned' elsewhere on the Snails Thread and Lights, Camera, Action as well, Gordon - LOL!!! ;o>
I could only see his posts on this thread and in Lights, Camera... on his user profile. I've now deleted the two in Snails, too.
Poor bloke didn’t know what he was getting into!
He might have had more luck if he had turned up with a plate of Spam instead? ;o>
Well? - that'll do me for Starters ;o>... but what are all the rest of you going to be having?
suzysunshine7 wrote: "theDuke wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "x ... ! ... HAPPY INTERNATIONAL MEN'S DAY TO ALL MEN ... ! ... x"Wha...uh....ehhh?!
I didn't know that was a thing! Or the ladies one...what next? Internati..."
oh for fu.....!
Gingerlily - All kinds of everything! wrote: ""I didn't know they came in different flavours, those ones almost make me want to try 'em...but i won't..i dislike Spam...both types too!
Gingerlily - All kinds of everything! wrote: ""Portugese Sausage?
No more of that after Brexit, you'll have to buy it in sixteenths of an ounce in the pubs toilets.
Spam dealer - the lowest of the low!
Can anyone remember what the old Amazon forums were called?Here's my vague recollection. I've hidden it so as not to influence anyone's memory.
(view spoiler)
Also, has anyone got a note of the old URL?
Yes they were called that ;o>I'm not sure what you mean by the old URL though? - because if you click on a once tracked Thread Link you only get this Page coming up instead ...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/cd/t/Fx1D...
They were called Amazon Discussion Boards:‘Site Features › Your Amazon Community›
About Discussion Boards
Amazon would like to thank the members of this community for contributing to our discussion board forums. As of October 13, 2017, we have decided to stop supporting forums. For device questions and help, please see our new Devices and Digital Forum
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Don’t know about the url, I first found them by scrolling down from a CD page. I then just kept them in my favourites and never used a url.
Hmm.. that's interesting. I can't remember the names of the different forums/threads.For example: Do you have a link (even if dead) to The neverending story on there (if that's what it was called in those days).
Weren't the Discussion 'Boards' those strange Pages you could find on Google of collected Posts on each Forum - the ones that gave Data on who had contributed, who the main contributors were, and how many Posts each contributor had posted up? I never understood quite what those Pages were all about?
I don't know. I've got a very poor memory. Always have had since a child!Can you maybe find the URL by examining your favourites? Or have they been deleted?
TwoddleBungler wrote: "Hmm.. that's interesting. I can't remember the names of the different forums/threads.For example: Do you have a link (even if dead) to The neverending story on there (if that's what ot was called)."
TB, they are all dead Links, aren't they? - the Forums have not just been shut-down, they have been wiped out completely just like they never even existed in the first place.
You could still see Links to them on Google for a couple of months after their closure but clicking on them only got you nowhere because Forums were gone - and even those old Search Links have vanished from Google now.
LezThanks that might get me somewhere.
TwoddleBungler wrote: "Hmm.. that's interesting. I can't remember the names of the different forums/threads.For example: Do you have a link (even if dead) to The neverending story on there (if that's what ot was called)."
This is an old Tracked Link that I still have in my Inbox for sentimental reasons ...
Greetings from Amazon.co.uk Customer Discussions,
Because you requested to be notified when people posted in the "Never Ending Story Septem" discussion in the kindle, we are sending you this e-mail.
Handybird says: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Jul 2016 00:19:03 BDT
"and it's.. THE END."
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Tracked discussion: 10,000 messages
Kindle Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Never Ending Story Septem
I’m still furious about the total deletion of everything, what possible reason could they have? If we’d known sooner we could have copied favourite bits. A couple of posters on the American site did manage to copy some posts from a lovely bloke who died.
I'm trying to dig around to see if they are still hiding somewhere. That's why I need some old URLs: Even out-of-date ones that no longer lead anywhere.I don't have 'em myself because I had to get a new computer.
No guarantee of success but you never know.
I spent the last week screen-saving odd Thread Pages here and there of some of the conversations I had with some of my favourite Forum friends ;o>The silly thing is though, that I can't bear to read them now because I always end up getting so over-emotional and in tears! ... I miss the Forums so much - they were such wonderful Playgrounds to race around and to get to 'play' such delightfully daft games in ;o<
TwoddleBungler wrote: "I'm trying to dig around to see if they are still hiding somewhere. That's why I need some old URLs: Even out-of-date ones that no longer lead anywhere.No guarantee of success but you never know."
Well, I've looked at a screen-shot I have of several Pages of a Thread where I first met someone I was once great friends with on the Forums back in 2012 and unfortunately the URL tails off into " ... " and so all I have to give you is this ...
https: // www.amazon.co.uk / forum/cooking/ ref=cm_cd_pg_pg3?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=FxU58WR ...
(I've had to put gaps into it to make all that I have of the URL show up on this Page rather than an abbreviated Link to it)
Something I’ve tried a few times is searching for whole extracts I can remember from some of the threads but to no avail.
I remembered Huck posted this link on the Morty Chalfont thread a while back. It did work for a week but now has an error message:message 71: by Huck Nov 17, 2017 01:10PM
Huck Flynn | 94 comments Original Amazon Discussion on Mortimer Chalfont available for 7 days here (FREE):
https://we.tl/oYwAlGs98F
Don’t know how he retrieved it.
I think that he probably transferred it in the last week of the Forums just before they shut-down, Lez. Everyone was trying to screen-save and set up files on their Laptops for bits and pieces of Forum Thread Pages that mattered to them if they could ;o>If you haven't saved Huck's Link to the File I can try to Email it as an Attachment to you if you want?
Off to bed now. I'll think about it tomorrow!
Ah, right. I’m so dim about technical stuff, I hadn’t thought of that!
Lez wrote: "I’m still furious about the total deletion of everything, what possible reason could they have? If we’d known sooner we could have copied favourite bits. A couple of posters on the American site di..."The truth is, Lez, that the discussions didn't matter to Amazon at all and once they saw a way to save a few pennies and a little effort, there was no reason to bother.
As for deleting everything, I can't believe that there was any great gain to be had by it. But if you don't care about something, why make concessions to its users? Amazon is by now too big to care about us in that way, or even to imagine that it should.
I've just sent you the File as an Email Attachment, Lez Lee.I hope it turns out to be compatible with your iPad ;o>
Thanks to Everyone for all the good company today. I've spent hours and hours online looking at (and dithering over) whether I should think about getting some CBD Oil for our darling Tia and getting myself so terribly upset about it.
All the Thread conversations have been such a very welcome and uplifting distraction from feeling so overwhelmed and heartbroken ... bless you all ... x x x ;o>
Nighty-Night x Sleepy-Tight x and very Sweet Dreams x
Well I've made some progress with help from HB finding an old link.Have a look at this
(EDIT Grrr... I was experimenting and mucked the following up. I'll get it sorted.)
http://www.amazon.co.uk:80/forum/musi...
Getting this required drawing a pentagram and dancing around my living room muttering incantations.
No guarantees at all but if you want me to look for something in particular, I will try.
Or you may be able to find it yourself by clicking on links on that page I found.
Ohhh WoW?!! - so all those fantastic Forums are still there just floating around in cyberspace ... probably wondering where on Earth everybody suddenly went?!! - and who turned the Lights out!
O . M . G . ! ! ! ... I just found my first Forum with all the irreplaceable crazy conversations I had with so many dear friends!!! ... THANK YOU, TB!!! ... I'm in tears again here but of joy this time around!!! ... ;o> ... ;o> ... ;o>I did it simply by going up to the Address Bar, replacing 'fiction' with the Forum I wanted and deleting all the rest of the Address Code and clicking on 'GO' ... and the Forum I wanted instantly came up for me! - YAYYY!!! ;o>
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