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Post by cloudless reign on Sept 5, 2023 20:14:04 GMT
The problem is, Gav nuked the site before leaving it. I doubt he opted to have the place archived, if there is indeed such an option. He could have easily contacted me and I would have preserved the site, but he seems to have taken the path of 'scorched earth'. There are no members, and no content. It was a spiteful move, to obliterate a forum of some 4k members that ran for about 15 years (I'm guessing). to be fair, most of the rather eccentric or neurotic characters (and salient content) had already been run off the site. I'll give it some time. There's quite literally nothing to lose remaining there.
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Post by gx on Sept 5, 2023 21:37:45 GMT
It is a shame, but hardly seems like a deviation from his modus operandi. (I should think he got his momentary 'rush', poor thing).
He didn't even give warning -- even while in the middle of a fund drive with a month + left on the timeline.
Lately, there had been better than a dozen of colorful eager participants.. I would guess these folks will be back.
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Post by fuguestate on Sept 6, 2023 18:30:17 GMT
I'm still dazed in disbelief at this turn of events. What exactly did he do to the site? I thought he was in the middle of a funding drive. Was there any warning at all that he was about the pull the plug? I had been busy with other things at the time so I hadn't been visiting the site quite so often, so I would've missed any warning signs that may have been there. I know that in past years he did threaten that should the funding drive fail to meet its goal the site would close down for good. But this time round, AFAICT the funding drive was still on, and there was still over a month left before the deadline. Why did he suddenly decide to pull the plug before the deadline, apparently without any warning? That's just weird, even for him. (Or perhaps I just missed the warning signs.)
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Post by Mike on Sept 23, 2023 20:20:56 GMT
Howdy all! I registered yesterday. At Ning also. I was approved there before days end, still waiting for approval here and Composers And Musicians Connection. Perhaps it's not anxiety but rather lack of approval from site monitor?
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