Is it time to pull the plug?
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Hi All,
Despite the devotion, time, and care that @Matthew has given to newzealandtramper.co.nz, is it time to pull the plug?
As sad as it is to write, the site has been terminally infected with spam. Frankly, it would be a full time job to remove all the bogus accounts and postings.
Just looking at the Forums page, every single topic and posting is spam. If there are original threads showing, the most recent post is spam.
Indeed, even the Photographs page has been infected with Mumbai escorts!
As Matthew has stated, he started this website in the late '90s and has maintained it voluntarily since. He has been stalwart in providing this platform for the NZ tramping community. Folks internationally have used this site to get info on tramping in our homeland. But perhaps its usefulness has passed.
Is it time to simply fold the tent on this one?
Unfortunately you might be correct. Several people have offered to help but Matthew wanted to keep it to himself and I think family and other things have got in the way
It still is a great resource, but few people seem to come here anymore to share new content. Even Wayno seems to have moved on.
Rest assured, Wayno is watching. He spends as much time on Bushwalk in Australia.
Admittedly i haven't contributed much in recent years but i still keep an eye on it.
An injury has kept me at bay for the last year.
I look in from time to time (much less frequently that previously) hoping the spam has been eliminated (which it has, for now).
Yes, it's still a very useful resource but the consequence of minimal management is fewer active users with fewer contributions inducing fewer active users ...
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