No more Schott forum

[Monte.C]

For a couple days I've been trying to find a bit of info on a couple Schott models. Links to their forum were dead - I imagined they were doing a website revamp or something, and it would come back up soon. Today I used their chat feature on their website. They told me they removed the forum due to uncontrollable spam. Crushing news.
On that forum I found detailed discussions on models, history, sizing, everything I wanted. Gail was all over the thing. We know she's gone now but she had quite a legacy there.
I find this to be a crippling state of events. I'm gonna go cry now.

 

[Monte.C]

(I hope I'm not the last to know. I'd be kind-of embarrassed, sharing this as news.)

 

[Canuck Panda]

Gail was the forum. It would be nice if the older threads are still accessible, lots of great info in there.

 

[Aloysius]

(I hope I'm not the last to know. I'd be kind-of embarrassed, sharing this as news.)

I had no idea. Can you let the person know it would be great if they even locked it to new posts but left the archive up?

I'll voice the same when I visit Schott later this month.

 

[Monte.C]

I had no idea. Can you let the person know it would be great if they even locked it to new posts but left the archive up?

I'll voice the same when I visit Schott later this month.

Genius. Every one of us should suggest the same.

 

[Peacoat]

Thanks for the update, even though it was bad news.

And yes, it should be no problem to lock the forum but leave the posts accessible.

 

[Guppy]

For a couple days I've been trying to find a bit of info on a couple Schott models. Links to their forum were dead - I imagined they were doing a website revamp or something, and it would come back up soon. Today I used their chat feature on their website. They told me they removed the forum due to uncontrollable spam. Crushing news.
On that forum I found detailed discussions on models, history, sizing, everything I wanted. Gail was all over the thing. We know she's gone now but she had quite a legacy there.
I find this to be a crippling state of events. I'm gonna go cry now.

That's BS.

They could have locked the forum and left it readonly. They could have a competent admin implement anti spam measures.

They just didn't want to.

 

[Aloysius]

They could have a competent admin implement anti spam measures.

Not necessarily. The Schott forum was a holdover from when companies often made their own in-house forum software. I expect whoever coded it is long gone.

 

[Monte.C]

I like Aloysius' suggestion. Everyone who cares about what's right could suggest this to them. Allow us access to forum archives. It's a nearly endless treasure of Schott information.

I did this earlier today. Visited their site, used their chat feature and made the suggestion.
I search "Schott 115 125" and the only good links go to the Schott forum, and all those links from Google are dead.

 

[Yango]

It had indeed turned into a nightmare cesspool of spam.

Once Gail passed no one wanted to deal with it.

Too bad.