[Locked] FAKKU Café v5.2

Yup.

Ah well, I guess it would be too complex to rebuild the site from the ground up.

It never was like this when I first joined though, it started a year after. So he must have fucked something up during updates.

Probably part that and part that the servers just can't handle the traffic.

Maybe he should ask for help from the users. Some people are good with the code so they could at least run through it.
Lotsa eyes are better than a few.

Yeah, F! is primarily made up of lurkers and guests.. lots of them. And each of them hitting links makes for some mad server traffic. I do think Jacob could ask for help from users, and prolly even should.. more than he does now at any rate. But I don't think he will. I've spoke to him from time to time. It's not a common occurrence mind you, but it's been enough for me to understand he prefers to handle things his way, with a small group of people he trusts.

You have to realize that F! was originally just a place he and his friends made. He wasn't expecting the site to get this big. I still remember how excited he was when F! got to go to a con.. now it's a common thing and he rubs shoulders with some big names, but back several years ago, the idea he was invited to a con under the F! banner was mind blowing to him.

Oh, he does already have other people helping. Of course, first they'd have to figure out the mess. :D

yeah its always a problem when you go over someone else's code ^^;

Then you gotta get on the same page as everyone, and then you gotta agree on a solution >_<

Complicated. Plus he must be busy with fakku books ^-^

That, too.


Maholix, hello! ^_^

Hello Malholix^^
Your avi is very cute<3

But I see where he comes from if he wants to keep the dev internal. It can get pretty messy.
Though I don't hear much from the mods or the devs in recent months, save for sporadic apparitions of Gambler.

He just start asking for donations. No shame in it.

Last time we had an actual maintenance with an actual explanatory message, just last week, it was unpantsu doing some work.




That's why the ads. And books might help as well, I guess.

He should just start asking for donations. No shame in it.

Hi guys! ^^

Thanks Gubi, I hardly change my avi, but when I do it's usually a long process of finding just the right one. So it's nice to know people are still liking this image! :D

As for Jacob, Jacob is always busy. Not that I'm knocking him for that. Personally I dunno where he finds the time to do everything he does. I mean, the site is not his only concern, especially now that he is so well known. I mean, just think of this.. these days, some youtubers are all the rage.

They get millions of views, have their own t-shirts, projects, etc. Some of them can use their viewership to do incredible things due to the mass of people they deal with on a daily basis. They say they can't reply or keep up with all the emails and such for a reason. They just have a video channel..

Jacob runs a whole website, not just some videos. It's not some tiny thing unknown site. If you google "hentai" on the web, F! comes up as a top result. F! has it's own merch, contacts, and royalties to upkeep.. if a couple of people running some videos are swamped I can only imagine what his day must be like, even if he delegates all his duties well.. which if I'm being totally honest, he's not so good at that.

I like gambler well enough. But the presence of site mods is definitely a little lax compared to other sites of this size. My understanding is the mods are people Jacob knows personally, so it's not a common role around here.

Ya, they seem to be more shadow mods than anything. But they do their share. I think Tegumi is still running strong in SD, dunno about the others. Talked with Tech a month back but that's about it.

I won't deny he's busy, yes. Though he seems reluctant to add more people to the official dev team.

It takes a certain level of trust to allow someone to touch the backend of your site, especially with the store, books and other things. Not much unlike giving someone the keys to your house, really.

Jacob need to go on a quest!
A quest to find the trust worthy in our midst!

*grinning*

Yeah, I don't hang out in SD as much as I used to, but I keep my eye on it and know the mod for it is very active. A lot like gambler in that regard, which I respect. Actually talks with the people, which is not required, but makes for a much nicer place.




On this, you and I agree. He has his reasons though and the site is his, so he can be reluctant to add people all he wants I suppose.


What luin said on the bottom of the prior page is basically the same reasoning Jacob has given in the past.





Personally though I would at least add some more people to the media side of the site.. it's suffered a lot in past, with promises of updates, removal of a sub fourm etc. But then again, media is a tricky thing to handle. There are a lot of powerful people with loads of money invested in media out there. Publishers for example, who get itchy any time a lot of media ends up in one place. So maybe he shys away from it on purpose.

It might be his intent to slowly work up to it via books, or maybe the books are a safer bet, since it's easier to get royalty permissions and such on them.

Well, dinner time now. See you all later!

*waves at Luin* Have a good one!

Also.. the irony of saying that while in a diner.. I love it! <3 lol