Remembering the Choices of Old Sites

[abecox]

Oh wow I remember the old SmokersForums I think that was the first place that I hung out with talking pipes with like-minded folks. I lowkey miss that place but I remember it getting hacked and they tried to start over but it never quite bounced back. Now it's gone like tears in the rain...

 

[anotherbob]

I posted a bar of soap with a hole in it today and it got removed. So I kinda know how you feel.

wait!? The whole post or just the hole?

 

[Tbaggins]

wait!? The whole post or just the hole?

My reply to a comment on a thread about soap . Probably wouldn’t be hard to find the comment I was responding to lol

 

[woodsroad]

One missing was the political pipe. It allowed political talk and well that's why it's not around anymore. As far as forums goes it was a hot mess.

The site owner was certifiable. He was here on PM for a short time, until he got sent to the cornfield.

 

[georged]

Oh wow I remember the old SmokersForums I think that was the first place that I hung out with talking pipes with like-minded folks. I lowkey miss that place but I remember it getting hacked and they tried to start over but it never quite bounced back. Now it's gone like tears in the rain...

After some hacker trouble, the owner-backer guy tried to upgrade two releases-worth of site software at once. Like from 5.0 to 7.0 without getting things squared away at 6.0 first.

Without a backup.

After something finally got up and running---sans all history---few people wanted to go to the effort they had previously to put articles & extensive posts together (the site had been the gold standard for that) knowing it would probably happen again. (The owner-backer guy wasn't a tech type, and couldn't afford to hire one)

InstantGramophone, FacialBook, and so forth did the rest.

 

[woodsroad]

Sadly, all things digital will fade to black. Our entire recorded history from about 1990 to the present will vanish without a trace. It will stay around long enough to bite you on the butt, then be gone with the wind.

 

[jpberg]

It doesn't help that 3/4 of the population is actively looking to be offended and is primed accordingly.

Yeah, but sometimes forums simply shut off shit content, and people start practicing martyrdom.

 

[anotherbob]

It doesn't help that 3/4 of the population is actively looking to be offended and is primed accordingly.

That's just so true. I feel like someone has spread this idea that if you fight over something you're doing the important work. Also think that is just an extension of drama making up for a lack of meaning in ones life. And that type seems evenly spread out among any group you can think of in my opinion.
Also feel like a lot of people could benefit from the mind your own business and try to remember this world is more grey then black or white. I see things that are silly or stupid but not evil and people acting like once your on the other side of the line you might as well be on the extreme side from that line.
Then again that seems like people have always been like that, but now they can tell you about any time they want. It's not that people have changed as much as privacy is at a premium these days.