Crowdfunding the creation of the next version of LFGSS

I'd like to invest but am currently buying my first flat so it seems unlikely. Will see what happens. I'd like to be involved because this is a cracking community.

When the site migrates to the new platform will the old site be deleted? Will old posts be copied over? What about existing wall messages, rep, etc? Will I still be Sparky if I don't donate? I've been posting on here since 2007 - seems like a shame if it all gets wiped clean...

Just curious.

Most of all, good luck!

Yes.

The plan is that LFGSS will be exported from the current platform and then imported into Microcosm.

In the design for the new system, nearly all data can be moved across. Only reputation doesn't yet have a place in the new design... but of course nothing in the new stuff is yet fixed.

All PMs, posts, threads, forums will be migrated.

Also, what happens if - heaven forbid - this venture goes bankrupt? Will LFGSS still be able to operate? And in what capacity? If the site's moved over to the new platform and the company goes bust, what happens to it?

A grace period will be offered to allow site admins to export the data, and then import that into some traditional forum software.

This will lose some of the features in the process, but the data will be intact.

Don't worry, I don't intend to burn bridges in the process of doing this. I actually think that I would not be able to encourage other forums to try our platform if we did not provide the ability to U-turn. In fact, I think most would try it and be comfortable, precisely because they would have the ability to choose to leave. It means that the business has to ensure it works for you, not against you... because we'll make leaving easy.