Crazy Idea
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:03 am
What if we built a separate that had a copy of the database as it stood after the first year of the ToO, and then displayed the forum, in a read-only state, as it appeared on request? So...
If you visited the new website on the date corresponding to the date the ToO was first launched, you would see it as it was at that time, with just a handful of the first posts ever created.
If you visited a few months later, you'd see it as it was at that date during the forum's first year.
You could even refresh threads and see "new posts" appear, as your time in 2018 rolls over the time those posts were made in 2005.
We could even simulate the "who's on right now" based on who posted within the last half-hour (or whatever) that first year.
It'd be like visiting a ghost town, except all the ghosts are visible.
What do you think?
If you visited the new website on the date corresponding to the date the ToO was first launched, you would see it as it was at that time, with just a handful of the first posts ever created.
If you visited a few months later, you'd see it as it was at that date during the forum's first year.
You could even refresh threads and see "new posts" appear, as your time in 2018 rolls over the time those posts were made in 2005.
We could even simulate the "who's on right now" based on who posted within the last half-hour (or whatever) that first year.
It'd be like visiting a ghost town, except all the ghosts are visible.
What do you think?