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Storm brewing on the Cornish coast
Shocking news reaches us from the soap opera capital of Cornwall, Polperro, via our correspondent Kerry Hoskin of the Plymouth Marine Laboratory.
"There's been trouble brewing on the Polperro forums," he says.
"It started when the web master asked whether there should be a private area set up for local business, as some businesses have had a bit of criticism on the open forum. After a 26-to-nil poll against the idea, the webmaster did it anyway. He then pulled the poll and any thread criticising his decision. Worse was to come as he's now pulled the whole forum."
The moral: if you go to Polperro, be nice to the shopkeepers; they have friends in high places. More next week. If anything happens, that is.
What a pity the plug was pulled. best laugh I've had in ages. Seriously we users are steaming. The WM decreed that only acceptable(to him) usernames could be used on the forum and all registered users were advised to change to an'acceptable' name! Alas the forum is no more. The great Bob Tarr has taken bat and ball home and left polperro adrift. Luckily there are a couple of new forums rising from the ashes.
Posted by :dave clegg | July 18, 2008 12:37 PM
I too, was a member of this forum. The behaviour of the webmaster was unprofessional to say the least, and as for a certain hotelier; basil fawlty had nothing on him. The forum not only had polls that were discounted because they didn't go the way of the WM views, there were sinister tales of alleged hacking threats and rules about only using nice user names. A sleepy fishing village not! The good news is that as the WM has taken off to pastures new and the said hotelier has put his business on the market, neither will actually live in the village so life can once again get back to normal in this beautiful part of the world.
Posted by :Tony | July 18, 2008 2:11 PM