One of the first things I did when starting BiNS was to look for a free forum hosting site. The one I found was a bit rubbish, but it was free and I was on the dole. It worked though, and there has been all manner of wit and not-so-wit on the forums over the last 6-or-so years. But as more of the site started to revolve around the blog, the forums got a bit sidetracked. So much so that I would only remember to pop in every couple of weeks. The original forums became the online equivalent of the Mercat pub — open all hours and nice, but intimidating. So, we’ve got some new ones that have RSS feeds, tags and the like — it’s the acceptable face of regeneration. These new ones are like the Mercat, after a lick of paint, some windows put in and adding some sodding futuristic beer availability notification system. The old forums and posts aren’t gone, they’re still online as an archive, but I’ve stopped all posting there. You have to register to post on the new BiNS Talk — but that happens automagically, you don’t have to wait to be approved. When...
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