It is quite funny that on the one hand they argue that it’s not worth keeping going as it’s used by so few people (and some pesky people dare to post more than twice a day, tut tut!) and on the other complain that it’s a full time job to moderate as you have to look at it 24hrs a day

Shutting down views (not even dissenting ones) is bang on NickW.

Nick: plus I think the moderators, despite best intentions didn’t realise or have the experience to make discord a success. Many people have now contributed to a thread (about 150ish posts and counting) saying keep it going (mainly),a few have offered to volunteer, but my feeling is they want to shut it down anyhow.

I suspect the real reasons for the impending demise of Discord are: (1) as predicted, hardly anyone in the DT membership uses it because it is so heavily moderated as to be of no value (2) the DTB don't actually want to hear dissenting views - moderating Discord to suppress them is a lot of work, so it's easier for them just not to have a forum at all. I never joined Discord and had no intention of doing so, so its demise is a matter of supreme indifference to me. I recognise, therefore, that my views are not based on personal experience and I am happy to be contradicted if my analysis is wrong.

Hopefully Kai Jennings will play for Sutton in the FA cup Saturday. BBC 2 5.15pm

TG Jones my arse.

Remi Moses. Not dead after all - [Link]

I have to in his defence say that when you meet Martin in person he really is as mad and highly strung as he comes over in this guestbook.

Are you sure OI,I don't think TBK would realise people were having a dig😂

Yeah feel for the guy.

RIP Remi Moses

I imagine Martin has got fed up with the abuse he gets. He may deserve a load of grief, people may consider his posts condescending, they could think them worthless as just giving the standard DTB line on issues. But really it is no surprise that in the face of regular abuse, the recipient stops posting.

Candyman, candyman, c...

Just making sure no one says that name for a third time in a row.

TBK isn't banned from here.

The club keep going on about communication but they don’t help themselves by not having online voting at the upcoming AGM, the likelihood is that Discord will be no more in January and where is TBK. has he been banned from here or instructed by the DTB not to honour us with his presence 🙂 it seems like the DT board are closing ranks.

Agree with AIoW that the move to Discord didn't solve a problem that didn't need solving. There's no platform that will get members talking with each in and around different views. Partly because it's highly emotional and partly because we've seen how the DTB approaches open conversation. They don't have the right culture to allow those conversations to come about.

What's that coming over the hill? It's the Kevin Rye award to AFC Wimbledon for "Best online engagement".

Have they outlined the risks that come from not engaging with members?

Timmy I don't think people are getting too excited about the competition but we've seen how teams and players have performed in it previously so to see Sasu score four goals it's a little exciting regardless of who it's against.

I thought Lewis was immense last night. On the few occasions Cardiff looked to turn their pointless possession into a threat, he was there to sort it out.

The risk assessment doesn’t have any major items and there have been no issues on any of those risks since its inception (partly due to heavy moderation, closed membership, etc). The only real rationale for closing it would be a lack of moderator resource.

OI, my take on Discord was that it was hyped to counteract the non-engagement argument they found was happening on Proboards. Surprising enough, despite all the voices saying its the people not engaging is the problem. PB for all it's faults, like this place is a no fuss platform that served a purpose. Nothing new was needed. Discord, was well, to create Discord, no surprises there...

Also OI they want to close down alternative views and become an echo chamber. Echo chambers in business never ever work - you need an alternative view or two to be successful.

OI - about 500 on DS against 900 on PB. Of course they won't admit they are wrong. That would be like behaving as an adult. A Croydon blog came off twitter, since it was 'too toxic', and I suggested they would lose reach, since many of their subscribers viewed via Twitter. Guess what? Their blog views dropped by 90% in days.