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So uh. I'm guessing you have seen the Lowtax news. If not go to GBS and it's stickied. The mod and admin team is all in agreement we can't and won't continue with Lowtax around. We also agree that this is the best community on the internet and it would be hosed up to lose it because of one person. So, we are trying to preserve it. I am hopeful that will be possible, but if Lowtax refuses to give up the forums then that's the end of it. Anyway. Discord is in no way a replacement for a forum IMO but it's still something. I don't know that A/T really needs its own Discord?? But I don't want to lose the connections here, so I'm going to set one up and post invites for the event that we all abandon ship. I will edit this post to include them when I get to that. I'm hoping it won't be necessary. I don't know that I've ever straight out said it but my RL situation is my dad is dying of cancer and I am his sole caregiver, so I am kind of busy with that more than I am with forums business lately. That's why we have a IK and Cyrano helping out. I'm not going to ignore this, it's too important, but please don't get mad if something happens and I take more than like, an hour to respond to it. There is literally no one who thinks Lowtax staying is an acceptable option here. We're just trying to keep the forums. SA is the community, not any one person. I'm going to leave this unlocked for discussion but I would suggest GBS for shitposting, and watch for admin posting/announcements for news. Grand Fromage fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Jun 24, 2020 |
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Lowtax if you are reading this first, gently caress you. Second, please just step down. A lot of good has been done by a lot of people on these forums and it would be great if you could do one unselfish thing and let that continue. Some cats are being rescued this week because of someone I met on these forums as just one tiny example among so many that've happend. Thousands of dollars have gone to people that needed it. People made friends, people met their spouses, made little babies. Just gently caress off and let the great thing you created keep going.
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 16:38 |
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Discord can be an option for something temporary while all this poo poo gets figured out, and I'm glad that there is a consensus that Lowtax needs to gently caress right off. If something for A/T is done via Discord (which might be nice), can I suggest adding it to https://goondiscordnetwork.com/: Edit: Apparently the goon discord thing has its own set of issues. Sigh. Beef Of Ages fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Jun 24, 2020 |
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Is there a just one SA discord or like 100 of them? Does a list exist? Edit: nm, thanks
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Mackieman posted:and I'm glad that there is a consensus that Lowtax needs to gently caress right off. Me too. There was no debate about it. I wish I could say we had a solution. But it's been like twelve hours so I'm not losing hope yet.
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Discord is horrible and I hope that I don't have to use it in order to keep in touch with the SA community.
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Grand Fromage posted:I don't know that I've ever straight out said it but my RL situation is my dad is dying of cancer and I am his sole caregiver, so I am kind of busy with that more than I am with forums business lately. I've been shitposting with you for over a decade and I'm really sorry to hear that. Regardless of the forums drama, the lowtax bullshit, that's really hard and I'm glad your dad has such a dedicated kid to help him out in his later days.
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Balthesar posted:Is there a just one SA discord or like 100 of them? Does a list exist? There are so many
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Thank you.
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Slimy Hog posted:Discord is horrible and I hope that I don't have to use it in order to keep in touch with the SA community. Yeah Discord is trash. It'll do in the meantime I guess, but hopefully someone comes up with a proper forum replacement so we can keep this thing going for another 20 years.
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Slimy Hog posted:Discord is horrible and I hope that I don't have to use it in order to keep in touch with the SA community. It's a chat room so it's definitely not a replacement for a forum, but as a lifeboat it's better than nothing. There's also discussion of making a whole new forum and migrating. I dunno what's going to happen. The simplest solution is Lowtax goes and the forums continue so that's what we're all hoping we can do.
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:I've been shitposting with you for over a decade and I'm really sorry to hear that. Regardless of the forums drama, the lowtax bullshit, that's really hard and I'm glad your dad has such a dedicated kid to help him out in his later days. Thanks. It's literally the worst thing I've ever gone through and every day is the worst day of my life, like the Office Space joke but reality. I hope none of you ever have to experience it.
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BTW thank you for the updates Grand Fromage, it's nice to know some gears are turning.
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I really hope he just hands the keys over to the mods and we can keep posting.
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Just nth'ing the appreciation for you as a mod, for posting this and the consensus on Lowtax not being involved anymore. It's great what he built forever ago but it's bigger than he is. Most of all sorry to hear about your father. Obviously that's much more important, take care of him and yourself most of all.
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Grand Fromage posted:Thanks. It's literally the worst thing I've ever gone through and every day is the worst day of my life, like the Office Space joke but reality. I hope none of you ever have to experience it. I don't really hang out here, just followed a link from another thread, but I can sympathize with this entirely. I had seven months of this back in 2013/2014. It was closer to a rapid onset of ALS, and we had more hands on deck, but I had the same feeling every day.
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I think it's relatively simple to get a forum up and running these days.
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Mackieman posted:Discord can be an option for something temporary while all this poo poo gets figured out, and I'm glad that there is a consensus that Lowtax needs to gently caress right off. If something for A/T is done via Discord (which might be nice), can I suggest adding it to https://goondiscordnetwork.com/ https://pastebin.com/Hz7rPxiJ I wouldn't trust GDN for a single thing. Even if the Nazi friend haver is actually gone like I've been told, I wouldn't trust it because they had that sort of access at all and used it to doxx people.
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itry posted:I think it's relatively simple to get a forum up and running these days. Yeah, the harder parts are getting the userbase to transition over, and preventing factionalism/takeover attempts.
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If you want to set up a Discord server with automatic SA user auth, but don't trust GDN or its creators, set it up so that it only has read and write access in a single channel that's only used for the authorization command and nothing else. It's (unfortunately?) still the only tool of its kind for now. (If you need help with this, check the GDN website and look for me on Catgirl Bargains, where I've got this setup going.)
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Sir John Falstaff posted:Yeah, the harder parts are getting the userbase to transition over, and preventing factionalism/takeover attempts. Make it as seemless as possible. Let mods/admins keep their status (if they want it). Give every forum member a (free) registration link. Keep most of the purchase options, keep the custom emoticons (if possible). Set up ads. I'd like to see a forum with full income/costs transparency. Pay for services yearly, actually pay the mods, and the rest donate to various "goon approved" charities. That'd be nice. Keep
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itry posted:Make it as seemless as possible. Yeah, but recreating all that is a lot harder than just setting up a new forum. Plus everyone will have their own ideas about how "now that we're starting a new site, why don't we improve XYZ." Or bring back FYAD. Or whatever. Also, yeah, setting up some means of accounting for the funding could be tricky, particularly if the site starts paying people other than a single owner.
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It's a complex thing, and I'm not really in a place that I'll be involved in setting it up if it happens. But the admins are talking about it and if a new forum ends up being the solution, you can be sure it'll be posted. I would much rather have a forum than a discord, chat is good but it's not a replacement.
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Theres no subscription for SA. Just throw up adblock and stop buying poo poo like avatars. I havent spent more than $20 on this place in the 15+ years I've been here. Hell the mods can start giving poo poo away for free if they want to spite him.
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Sir John Falstaff posted:Yeah, but recreating all that is a lot harder than just setting up a new forum. I had a look at XenForo, and it seems pretty straightforward. Grand Fromage posted:But the admins are talking about it and if a new forum ends up being the solution, you can be sure it'll be posted. Good to hear.
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Very sorry about your dad.
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Admiral Joeslop posted:https://pastebin.com/Hz7rPxiJ Well, poo poo. Looks like assholes have ruined everything again. That said, I agree with Grand Fromage: Discord is not even remotely a replacement; more of an accompaniment than anything else, like IRC from the days of yore. I'm hopeful that something reasonable can be done
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Out of interest, is there anything going on other than the two facebook posts? Is there more to the story that the general public isn't aware of? E: Just seen the announcement. glad to hear someone has reached out to her. And more importantly: don't waste any of your mental energy on these deader, gay forums. Look after your home life first. Moo the cow fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Jun 24, 2020 |
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I am so sorry about your dad, GF.
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Moo the cow posted:Out of interest, is there anything going on other than the two facebook posts? Is there more to the story that the general public isn't aware of? No, you guys have the same information we do. Or at least that I do. I found out about it when I got linked to the GBS thread same as everybody else.
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Grand Fromage posted:It's a complex thing, and I'm not really in a place that I'll be involved in setting it up if it happens. But the admins are talking about it and if a new forum ends up being the solution, you can be sure it'll be posted. I would much rather have a forum than a discord, chat is good but it's not a replacement. Yes, I'm very sorry about your dad--that's so much more important than anything going on here.
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Maybe we will finally get reply notification ON REDDIT
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http://breadnroses.net It's been around since January or so, has an establish userbase, was created back during the big simultaneous c-spam and trans goon castoff by the taxman. Varied topics, from C-SPAM style politics, shitposting, queer stuff, furry stuff, games, electronic projects, lets plays, etc. There's a paywall post-registration, so if you register and don't wanna pay just feel free to DM me here or on discord at queen_combat#7777 for approvals after you reg and we'll push it through, or pay tenbux for immediate access (I'll be up all day). We've had an 800-person, six-month-long beta test that's gone successfully, it runs xenforo, you can ignore threads and subforums as well as people (completely silent ignoring as well), and has a good backend setup. Also lmao today's registrations have quickly reached parity with lowtax's patreon, so we're set up for the next year or so if you're wondering about funding at all (and that's just the people that have CHOSEN to pay). Anyway, the big thing is to choose what you like. Not saying bnr is the end-all be-all. But if you're gay/leftist/furry/horny/comfy/classic/pepsi/tormp/angry, maybe give it a look. No invite code needed or any of that. E: and also nobody is loving a loving 2020 nissan or pies or any of that poo poo with the funds. nobody paid, all volunteer including the owners.
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I mostly lurk A/T but if there's a discord, can someone pm me a link?
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Grand fromage, still remember your SC4 let's play.
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Queen Combat posted:http://breadnroses.net Hello. Maybe I am too old to use discord but I don't know how to DM you without adding you as friend. And I can't add you either. Can I get an approval please. new user id is tino thank you!
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I think we got it, it working for you?
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E: sorted thank you!
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Loel posted:I think we got it, it working for you? Yes thank you.
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Grand Fromage posted:So uh. I'm guessing you have seen the Lowtax news. If not go to GBS and it's stickied. This place isn't nothing, but it is also just internet bullshit; your dad is what's important. Very sorry for what you're going through.
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