C&CC to Close Their Forum

I did get the email. The forum wasnt very well used. However, the idea that CCC facebook page is a suitable alternative is a nonsense. There are quite a lot of people who dont go near facebook, but will use forums. Also if you are trying to discuss a particular issue then posts too easily get lost.

As for the absence of a site near Oxford, that is a shame. The P & R at Redbridge Park does allow motorhomes to stay overnight. There is a special entrance for high vehicles opposite the CCC site! I have never used it. There are toilets on site but nothing else.  With the closure of the CCC site, a forward looking council might develop it a little more, as per Canterbury P & R! I appreciate this doesnt help caravans.

In my opinion the C&CC forum was a complete mess from the day it was launched. CT is straightforward, well laid out and easy to use in comparison. (I’m talking lay out not performance here)

Pity their forum is closing, but I am not surprised as IMO it was a "read only" forum for most of those of us who even ventured there. Requiring the use of a personal identifier, the member's name, to contribute had the likes of me not doing so. The end results just a few contributors, fewer than other forums. Basically a dead in the water formula for success.

Social media as an alternative; not for us, it seems you can't even be a passive reader there without divulging too much personal info. That to organisations that have not a good security record, and by virtu of their massive size alone has the makings of an attractive hacking targets.

Oxford is indeed a big loss; we had no great need for facilities, but liked it as we could cycle into the city and Abingdon, plus there was the P&R; way too few of like sites in either of the main clubs.

I am sure the requirement to use full personal data was a discouragement to many, including me. I wonder if the C&CC, having seen what happened on this forum, particularly in the early days, thought that using and displaying full names would enforce a degree of good behaviour on posters?

David

Perhaps they now realise, following on from the cyber attack on this web site, that having members details on their forum was a potential disaster waiting to happen!

I may not be a regular on the CMC site in recent times but the reason I didn't join the CCC chat forum was due to the details they demanded - as in my full name.  I don't hide behind this nickname but I do draw the line at putting my full name on line!  

Me too, Pippah. I’ve seen people post here with details about trips away and freely give info about the area they live in - as we probably all do because we have the security of a username. They then make a post about something unrelated on CT and repeat it on C&CC under their real name. Having their name, it’s then easy to track down the exact address and we know when they will be away…..

I haven't had an email to say it is closing, maybe they are only being sent to those who post on it? I didn't join in either for the same reason those above never did.

peedee

I received the email, but I never joined their forum.

It would appear from reading comments from the C&CC and reading the thread about the forum closure on their web site that one of the reasons for closure given is the forum is considered underused compared to others. Most of the moans about closure seem to be coming from the more elderly members especially if they do not want to use facebook.

peedee