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Horizon Burning: Oct 23, 2019

Choose posted:

Lowtax isn't getting nothing, it's that he will not receive continuing revenue.

Okay, but the question remains: what if Lowtax doesn't agree to it? People are celebrating but nothing has been signed yet. "Any agreement I will sign..."

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:17

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 01:56

DeadFatDuckFat: Oct 29, 2012; This avatar brought to you by the 'save our dead gay forums' foundation.

It kinda sounds like Dunban is just real tired and doesn't want to shoulder the responsibilty any more. If he did want the sword back, then certainly a legendary hero would have the courage to at least ask for it back. Respect Dunban's wishes imo, he just wants to be a helper.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:18

kazr: Jan 28, 2005

SLICK GOKU BABY posted:

I think most of the goons either have bought no ads or are running an adblocker. I don't see any issue if the ads at the top of the forum bring in a few bucks a month and you keep them active to help cover whatever the server costs actually are.

Isn't there a constant malware problem with them

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:18

Bronze Fonz: Feb 14, 2019

Horizon Burning posted:

Okay, but the question remains: what if Lowtax doesn't agree to it? People are celebrating but nothing has been signed yet. "Any agreement I will sign..."

Yes, but it still beats the situation mere hours ago.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:19

SLICK GOKU BABY: Jun 12, 2001; Hey Hey Let's Go! 喧嘩する
大切な物を protect my balls

kazr posted:

Isn't there a constant malware problem with them

I dunno, I'm part of the ad blocker group...

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:19

Jeffrey of YOSPOS: Dec 22, 2005; GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS

William Henry Hairytaint posted:

How much longer will you allow us to riot and party and post NSFW images and stuff? I want to post my balls but there are several pimples that I'm hoping will clear up before I do it.

Haha I dunno man we can party on for a bit. Probably best not to post NWS poo poo in like, serious threads about military history or whatever. Have some dignity. "At your own risk" is kinda the SA way. Needless to say, the ban in particular is not a tool I am particularly interested in using right now, until everything settles.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:20

SLICK GOKU BABY: Jun 12, 2001; Hey Hey Let's Go! 喧嘩する
大切な物を protect my balls

Horizon Burning posted:

Okay, but the question remains: what if Lowtax doesn't agree to it? People are celebrating but nothing has been signed yet. "Any agreement I will sign..."

I can't imagine Jeffrey would have posted that if he was merely fantasizing about it. I would bet a few of my testicles that there is a lot of poo poo in motion at the moment for Jeffrey to legally acquire the company.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:20

Mia Wasikowska: Oct 7, 2006

tell us about your bitcoin fortune

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:21

Jeffrey of YOSPOS: Dec 22, 2005; GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS

Horizon Burning posted:

Jeffrey, if Lowtax does not agree to your terms, what's the next move? I've very skeptical that he will agree to something where he gets nothing.

We go somewhere else. He has agreed verbally and I will let everyone know via an announcement when it is settled.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:21

Ralph Crammed In: May 11, 2007; Let's get clean and smart

I want to show my support for the People's SA and finally get an avatar after 13 years. Should I do it now or wait a while?

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:21

piratepilates: Mar 28, 2004; So I will learn to live with it. Because I can live with it. I can live with it.

Mat Cauthon posted:

Let's just enjoy the last minute salvation for a day or two but when/if Jeffrey can talk about this I do want to ask some things:

1. How much is lowtax getting in the deal and how much passive income will he continue to reap from the site? I don't believe for a second he would agree to a complete cut out, not with his patreon imploding.
2. Is he actually going to abide by being banned forever from this website and are we going to be allowed to poo poo talk him forever or is there some kind of nondisparagement clause in the deal?
3. What kind of changes can we expect to see in the moderation policy, including choosing mods and holding them accountable? If nothing else we need term limits like yesterday.
4. Whatever money the forums produce I personally would like to see a chunk of that set aside for lowtax's kids. I understand there are legal issues as to why we can't help his exes but a 529 or some poo poo like that to ensure his children have a chance at improving themselves seems like it should be doable.
5. What is the possibility of a goon buy-in in ownership of the site so that overtime it becomes more or less communally held and governed?

As I said, probably gonna be a while before any of that can be answered openly but I for one will be expecting it.

Regardless, thanks Jeffrey.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:22

MysticalMachineGun: Apr 5, 2005

When are you going to leak the mod/admin forum and oh god why did you post that in there jeffrey

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:22

Squiggle: Sep 29, 2002; I don't think she likes the special sauce, Rick.

Ralph Crammed In posted:

I want to show my support for the People's SA and finally get an avatar after 13 years. Should I do it now or wait a while?

Extremely wait is almost certainly the answer

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:23

Jeffrey of YOSPOS: Dec 22, 2005; GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS

Horizon Burning posted:

Okay, but the question remains: what if Lowtax doesn't agree to it? People are celebrating but nothing has been signed yet. "Any agreement I will sign..."

Of course it's not done until it's done. I will see to this community's future one way or the other though - if it has to be at another URL, so be it.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:23

GHOST_BUTT: Nov 24, 2013; Fun Shoe

MysticalMachineGun posted:

When are you going to leak the mod/admin forum and oh god why did you post that in there jeffrey

Finally a venue in which we can ask what that man is doing to his anus

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:24

Squiggle: Sep 29, 2002; I don't think she likes the special sauce, Rick.

gently caress it I'll follow Brigham to Zion

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:25

edogawa rando: Mar 20, 2007; I think my mass effect is broken

Ralph Crammed In posted:

I want to show my support for the People's SA and finally get an avatar after 13 years. Should I do it now or wait a while?

In fact, Jeffrey of YOSPOS, this is something I thought of earlier today, but once the sale is finalised, could we do something to raise funds for the victims of Lowtax's abuse by purchasing new avatars/forums upgrades and donating it to his ex-wife and kids? Considering the way that GoFundMe got quashed, I feel like we owe them as a community.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:26

Choose: Feb 15, 2020

Thanks for the answer about alternatives, I feel very confident that no matter what that users will follow you, whether that remains here or on a new platform.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:27

Zeinin: May 7, 2003

1. Can I bbe a moderator?*
2. I think a community ownership model might work well here. Like you could offer the site back to the community and the whales could buy up parts of it? I dunno, it gets away from having a unitary executive.

*I don't want to be a moderator

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:27

The Super-Id: Nov 9, 2005; "You know it's what you really want."; Grimey Drawer

Mat Cauthon posted:

Let's just enjoy the last minute salvation for a day or two but when/if Jeffrey can talk about this I do want to ask some things:

1. How much is lowtax getting in the deal and how much passive income will he continue to reap from the site? I don't believe for a second he would agree to a complete cut out, not with his patreon imploding.
2. Is he actually going to abide by being banned forever from this website and are we going to be allowed to poo poo talk him forever or is there some kind of nondisparagement clause in the deal?
3. What kind of changes can we expect to see in the moderation policy, including choosing mods and holding them accountable? If nothing else we need term limits like yesterday.
4. Whatever money the forums produce I personally would like to see a chunk of that set aside for lowtax's kids. I understand there are legal issues as to why we can't help his exes but a 529 or some poo poo like that to ensure his children have a chance at improving themselves seems like it should be doable.
5. What is the possibility of a goon buy-in in ownership of the site so that overtime it becomes more or less communally held and governed?

As I said, probably gonna be a while before any of that can be answered openly but I for one will be expecting it.

Regardless, thanks Jeffrey.

nthing this

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:27

Sereri: Sep 30, 2008; awwwrigami

Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:

Also I'm gonna remove the (non-goon) ads. gently caress ads. Thanks to everyone who bought no-ads, maybe I'll give you some sort of perk, probably not though!!!

whew *goes back to not implementing posting threads*

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:28

Nessus: Dec 22, 2003; After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!

Will we actually migrate to forums software that wasn't forged in traditional Japanese metallurgy during the Kamakura era?

Do you expect to continue paying for bandwidth etc. from selling avs/new accounts/re-regs/parachute accounts, or do you think we may need to have occasional fundraisers?

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:28

Dell_Zincht: Nov 5, 2003

TheAardvark posted:

Will homegrown porn be allowed in the new DPPH?

Even better, ONLY homegrown will be allowed in the new DPPH.

It won't be referred to as homegrown anymore either as all genitals and body shapes will have to be celebrated and masturbated to with equal vigour.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:29

Jeffrey of YOSPOS: Dec 22, 2005; GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS

Mat Cauthon posted:

Let's just enjoy the last minute salvation for a day or two but when/if Jeffrey can talk about this I do want to ask some things:

1. How much is lowtax getting in the deal and how much passive income will he continue to reap from the site? I don't believe for a second he would agree to a complete cut out, not with his patreon imploding.
2. Is he actually going to abide by being banned forever from this website and are we going to be allowed to poo poo talk him forever or is there some kind of nondisparagement clause in the deal?
3. What kind of changes can we expect to see in the moderation policy, including choosing mods and holding them accountable? If nothing else we need term limits like yesterday.
4. Whatever money the forums produce I personally would like to see a chunk of that set aside for lowtax's kids. I understand there are legal issues as to why we can't help his exes but a 529 or some poo poo like that to ensure his children have a chance at improving themselves seems like it should be doable.
5. What is the possibility of a goon buy-in in ownership of the site so that overtime it becomes more or less communally held and governed?

As I said, probably gonna be a while before any of that can be answered openly but I for one will be expecting it.

Regardless, thanks Jeffrey.

Wowwee these are good hard questions I, uhh, wow, can we get back to Dunban?

The amount of passive income he will continue to reap is zero. That's the only way any sort of transfer makes any sense. I'm not about to disclose any terms of the deal right now especially since it hasn't been executed.

I'm gonna punt on the rest of these because, yeah, I need a few days and hammering out what the next days are gonna look like is way more important than the next weeks, months, years. One thing at a time.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:29

AARD VARKMAN: May 17, 1993

Nessus posted:

Do you expect to continue paying for bandwidth etc. from selling avs/new accounts/re-regs/parachute accounts, or do you think we may need to have occasional fundraisers?

depends, what's the 21 GTR look like? :thunk:

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:29

TheRecogScene: Aug 22, 2010; I'm gonna miss you when you're gone.

I�m a little worried that the buyout amount is enough that it would empower Lowtax to get a good lawyer and avoid any consequences for his actions (ie put off alimony and child support payments, sue for defamation over allegations and retractions) or even actively further hurt people. Idk. I�m assuming you�ve thought hard enough about whether or not this is worth it but I would feel just as uncomfortable posting even post-Lowtax if the continued existence of this forum ends up further hurting Logan, Ashli, Megan, Lauren, Jaylen and Sloane. I guess that�s not a question but it�s part of the whole �how much did you buy it for� piece.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:30

heehee: Sep 5, 2012; haha wow i cant believe how lucky we got to win

hoiype for sgdq ?

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:30

Jeffrey of YOSPOS: Dec 22, 2005; GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS

DGK2000 posted:

I would also like to suggest banning the Radium account.

Are you kidding? I want him to post. I want to meet the man. Come back radium we miss you.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:30

Nessus: Dec 22, 2003; After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!

TheAardvark posted:

depends, what's the 21 GTR look like?

True... I'm genuinely curious because Lowtax was talking like it costs thousands of dollars per month to run this shitheap, but the thing is that we have how many thousands of users? I would be glad to put in a bit for a Patreon or whatever that's actually supporting the servers in some kind of vaguely accountable way, as opposed to, well, you know.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:31

DGK2000: May 3, 2007; Hotel Soap is super proud of his little perfumed balls that never get dirty or stinky

Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:

Are you kidding? I want him to post. I want to meet the man. Come back radium we miss you.

I just wanted to see if it would break the forums.

Edit- I'm positive it will.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:31

The REAL Goobusters: Apr 25, 2008

thanks Jeffrey. I don't really have any questions but I'm happy this community I've been a part of for so long can continue to exist while also making it a better place.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:32

El Burbo: Oct 10, 2012

If you think about it, radium constantly scamming lowtax was actually praxis, in light of recent events

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:32

Blind Rasputin: Nov 25, 2002; Farewell, good Hunter. May you find your worth in the waking world.

Can we reach out to Caro and get him back, as well?

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:33

Puppy Galaxy: Aug 1, 2004

am i gay?

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:33

Choose: Feb 15, 2020

It is unrealistic that low tax would give up the stream of income associated with this website for nothing. If you're not comfortable with that, there's nothing that's really going to change. If Jeffrey doesn't own the site, nlowtax will continue to run it, and other people who don't really care about this or just going to keep paying him money. This is not a charity, and Richard never ran it like one.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:33

Spinz: Jan 7, 2020; I ordered luscious new gemstones from India and made new earrings for my SA mart thread

Remember my earrings and art are much better than my posting

New stuff starts towards end of page 3 of the thread

Recognition Scene posted:

I�m a little worried that the buyout amount is enough that it would empower Lowtax to get a good lawyer and avoid any consequences for his actions (ie put off alimony and child support payments, sue for defamation over allegations and retractions) or even actively further hurt people. Idk. I�m assuming you�ve thought hard enough about whether or not this is worth it but I would feel just as uncomfortable posting even post-Lowtax if the continued existence of this forum ends up further hurting Logan, Ashli, Megan, Lauren, Jaylen and Sloane. I guess that�s not a question but it�s part of the whole �how much did you buy it for� piece.

What horseshit

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:33

TheRecogScene: Aug 22, 2010; I'm gonna miss you when you're gone.

Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:

Wowwee these are good hard questions I, uhh, wow, can we get back to Dunban?

The amount of passive income he will continue to reap is zero. That's the only way any sort of transfer makes any sense. I'm not about to disclose any terms of the deal right now especially since it hasn't been executed.

I'm gonna punt on the rest of these because, yeah, I need a few days and hammering out what the next days are gonna look like is way more important than the next weeks, months, years. One thing at a time.

I appreciate you doing your best to answer these! They are sort of in the orbit around my major concerns and to be perfectly honest, I wasn�t even sure they would be acknowledged given how tough they are. Thanks.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:33

biznatchio: Mar 31, 2001; Buglord

DGK2000 posted:

I would also like to suggest banning the Radium account.

Last time they tried to do that poo poo broke everywhere, because in typical Radium idiocy, he tied the functionality of lots of crucial poo poo to his account.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:33

vaginite: Feb 8, 2006; I'm comin' for you, colonel.

For goon ads can we get targeted ones it�ll be a less aggressive form of red text. Like I buy an ad that only this particular goon sees that�s just a bright flashing gently caress you with a spinning dildo or whatever.

It�d be funny because they�d have to wonder if it was targeted or it�s in the general rotation. And people would buy ones like that to put in the general rotation just to gently caress with everyone.

I�d buy those because it�s a good way to troll a goon, and I�d feel too lovely about it to ever redtext someone.

I�d drop like 100 on this a year if it existed, both in targeted ones and ones that made people wonder if it was targeted.

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:34

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 01:56

Choose: Feb 15, 2020

Spinz posted:

What horseshit

Particularly because low taxes mother is an attorney! He's not really going to need cash for legal representation lol

# ? Jun 26, 2020 07:35

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