The most recent Runout podcast has an interesting interview with Chris Macnamara, the owner of Supertopo, on the reasons why he had to close the forum and the evolution of social media generally. Worth a listen (especially if you own a web forum Shark )https://runoutpodcast.com/index.php/2019/06/05/runout-24-so-long-supertaco/
So:A) they don't make any moneyB) if you allow users to upload content (images) you may be subject to copyright lawsuitsC) people won't police themselvesI didn't know that Mountain Project was REI owned.
Isn’t the image/video hosting aspect dealt with as these have to be via a third party source then embedded in Ukb?
Quote from: tomtom on June 25, 2019, 01:52:58 pmIsn’t the image/video hosting aspect dealt with as these have to be via a third party source then embedded in Ukb?I'm unsure and US law may differ on this, I'd certainly like to know but I suspect it falls into the murky area of to what extent, if any, a forum owner is a publisher or not and whether posters are wholly or partially responsible for the content they publish. I'd certainly remove images when requested on the grounds it breached copyright. Certainly the third party would be liable for copyright infringement but whether a forum owner (in UKB's case that's Outdoor Forums Limited) or the user is also legally liable for any such infringement I've no idea. To date I've only thought about it in terms of defamation situations.
I am curious as to whether anyone still thinks UKB should have retained its DFBWGC thread?
Quote from: habrich on June 25, 2019, 06:23:56 pmI am curious as to whether anyone still thinks UKB should have retained its DFBWGC thread?Me too..
The first Shark, but I also missed the pun.
Quote from: andy popp on June 26, 2019, 12:56:52 pmThe first Shark, but I also missed the pun. Phew! I thought you were going to give me a grilling
IIRC you were kindly going to stand in for me to represent UKB at a social media debate at the women's climbing symposium which almost certainly would have homed in on DFBWGC. The debate was cancelled. Edit - found the thread: https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,18760.msg333711.html#msg333711