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…and finally
No matter where you are tonight, or who you are; you might not know it, but somebody loves you.
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It's hardly Simon McCoy's fault that Twitter allows fake accounts to pop up so easily.
Simon McCoy
Not a really important thing, but looks like someone decided to take the old BBCSimonMcCoy handle to make it look like its an official account when it doesn't seem to be, based on the tweets sent by the user not sounding like Simon at all.
I wish Twitter would prevent verified users from changing their handle or telling them that, if they change their handle, they have to create a new account in order to prevent scam accounts acquiring the old one. Sort of like what Ben Boulos did by creating a dead account on BenMBland so no one could impersonate.
It doesn't help in Simon's case that Twitter aren't doing anything about verified checkmarks any more since Simon changing his handle removed the verified checkmark which hasn't come back despite the fact its supposed to for previously verified users.
I wish Twitter would prevent verified users from changing their handle or telling them that, if they change their handle, they have to create a new account in order to prevent scam accounts acquiring the old one. Sort of like what Ben Boulos did by creating a dead account on BenMBland so no one could impersonate.
It doesn't help in Simon's case that Twitter aren't doing anything about verified checkmarks any more since Simon changing his handle removed the verified checkmark which hasn't come back despite the fact its supposed to for previously verified users.
It's hardly Simon McCoy's fault that Twitter allows fake accounts to pop up so easily.
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Well even a reply will help more eyes see the thread and learn about what the charity does, it's all good for the cause.
Thank You Asa!
Great idea Brekkie and even more brilliant that we've reached 50% of our goal already. I can't donate currently but I will make sure to do so when I'm able to! 
Well even a reply will help more eyes see the thread and learn about what the charity does, it's all good for the cause.
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I did. As I mentioned in t'other thread, I recalled his appearance on This Week and thought he must be going to GB News.
Andrew Neil’s GB News show
Didn't see that one coming.
I did. As I mentioned in t'other thread, I recalled his appearance on This Week and thought he must be going to GB News.
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I was much less surprised. I recalled his appearance on This Week and immediately thought he'd be heading for GB News.
Simon McCoy
I'm surprised, I always assumed he was a bit more, er shall we say, progressive than the rest of the talent being hired for GB News.
I really hope he doesn't immediately start slagging off his previous employer once he leaves, always a disappointment when that happens.
I really hope he doesn't immediately start slagging off his previous employer once he leaves, always a disappointment when that happens.
I was much less surprised. I recalled his appearance on This Week and immediately thought he'd be heading for GB News.
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Could that be because nobody here really cares about politics squabbles on Digital Spy?
Digital Spy axes General Discussion forum
A few points I'll make- people will jump on my BNP/EDL comment, but funnily enough nobody's jumping on plymouthbloke's accusation that I'm "far left"[...]
Could that be because nobody here really cares about politics squabbles on Digital Spy?
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Well I note that the link there now does something, and goes to yet another site, so that makes 5 new forums.
Who!?
I didn't know who they were either, but seemingly they've been a member since 2003, and they spent a lot of their time in Requests.
The TV Forum
I'm pleased to announce that I too am creating a forum,
Forum Television
or Forum TV for short (www.forumtv.uk).
To make it stand out from the others it will only be online from Mondays to Friday afternoons, at which point my secondary forum FWT (Forum Weekend Television) will go online until Sunday evening.
Neither will be online from 6am to 9am weekdays, but I'm in contact with a journalist/TV presenter who's expressed interest in his own breakfast-themed forum to operate during this time.
To make it stand out from the others it will only be online from Mondays to Friday afternoons, at which point my secondary forum FWT (Forum Weekend Television) will go online until Sunday evening.
Neither will be online from 6am to 9am weekdays, but I'm in contact with a journalist/TV presenter who's expressed interest in his own breakfast-themed forum to operate during this time.
Well I note that the link there now does something, and goes to yet another site, so that makes 5 new forums.
Evening all,
As the date for this site’s demise draws even closer, I just I’d take the time to let you know about another forum which has just launched and created by one of the users on here, ‘JustMatt’.
As the date for this site’s demise draws even closer, I just I’d take the time to let you know about another forum which has just launched and created by one of the users on here, ‘JustMatt’.
Who!?
I didn't know who they were either, but seemingly they've been a member since 2003, and they spent a lot of their time in Requests.
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I'm sure there's some posts on that forum that point towards what you, ahem, know about me now...
Is it that you own a widescreen television now? 2004 you would be ashamed.
TV Whirl - Celebrating 20 Purple Years
Thanks for all the kind words everyone (and I was nearly right with the name Ash, given I only had a 'B' and my memory to go off 
).
I've tended to find Web Archive a good idea in theory, but it is so slow, buggy and misses so much out - invariably always the pages you want. Though this does lead me on nicely to my last birthday update for today.
The TV Whirl Forum - #20PurpleYears
There's been an awful lot of talk around pres forums lately, what with changes coming at the end of the month here and over at Digitalspy. But how many of you were members of TV Whirl Forum? Running from 2002 through to around 2007, during an era where pretty much every site had one, it was never a big place. Well after much hacking around this evening (you try getting 17 year old PHP scripts to run on modern day PHP and MySQL), I can finally present to you an almost complete post archive of our old purple television forum (just note this is a read only archive only really covering the main posts, profiles and anything functional wont actually work). Relive the posts of Digifiend's Network and other pres sites long since gone, as well as finding a never ending stream of people requesting things they never ended up getting. Were you a member at the time (even if you don't recall signing up now), and did you even start a thread there you've long since forgot all about? Well now's your chance to find out!
https://www.tvwhirl.co.uk/forum/forum/index.html
).
I've tended to find Web Archive a good idea in theory, but it is so slow, buggy and misses so much out - invariably always the pages you want. Though this does lead me on nicely to my last birthday update for today.
The TV Whirl Forum - #20PurpleYears
There's been an awful lot of talk around pres forums lately, what with changes coming at the end of the month here and over at Digitalspy. But how many of you were members of TV Whirl Forum? Running from 2002 through to around 2007, during an era where pretty much every site had one, it was never a big place. Well after much hacking around this evening (you try getting 17 year old PHP scripts to run on modern day PHP and MySQL), I can finally present to you an almost complete post archive of our old purple television forum (just note this is a read only archive only really covering the main posts, profiles and anything functional wont actually work). Relive the posts of Digifiend's Network and other pres sites long since gone, as well as finding a never ending stream of people requesting things they never ended up getting. Were you a member at the time (even if you don't recall signing up now), and did you even start a thread there you've long since forgot all about? Well now's your chance to find out!
https://www.tvwhirl.co.uk/forum/forum/index.html
I'm sure there's some posts on that forum that point towards what you, ahem, know about me now...
Is it that you own a widescreen television now? 2004 you would be ashamed.
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The TV Forum
I suppose it's not surprising that a forum with a section like The Gallery is going to attract lots of people wanting to make their own forum.
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Alright seems a bit unambitious. Especially when it needn't look so "alright" and could actually look like it wasn't done by mistake:
BBC Select to return as a brand
Looks alright to me lads 🤷♂️
Alright seems a bit unambitious. Especially when it needn't look so "alright" and could actually look like it wasn't done by mistake:
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You'd never guess with all that ice about.
Have you been in a TV audience?
Someone I know went to a Dancing on Ice rehearsal and said the studio was very cold.
You'd never guess with all that ice about.