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boeman · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jun 16, 2007 Posts: 28

So almost a year later, I decided to check out George Bradford's site to see what was new and noticed the old discussion board is no longer operating. I take it I have the marauding spammers to thank for this?

In any case, I'm curious as to which of the regular posters migrated over and who we lost.

MarkHolloway

I think most of the old board folks made it here.

Sabot

I wasn't on the old board for very long before it was getting spammed and moved over here.

bsmart

I guess it depends on how far back you want to think of 'The Old Board' and how good any of our memories are (Sort of like the old joke 'anyone who can't hear me please raise your hand')

I seem to remember some folks that wee on the old board but who I think dropped off before the migration. There is of course Lorrin. There was also a Norwegion tank commander (I remember him because he replied to the first post I made on teh board Way, way back). There are also some who made the transition and seem to have been dormant since then.

Doug_Kibbey

- boeman

I take it I have the marauding spammers to thank for this?

To the tune of about 250,000 spam posts, more or less. They did help us break the six million post mark before the site was put to death.

Maple_Leaf_Eh · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 517

I came over from George's old board.

arfraser · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 8

...and I am still lurking Cool

piney

I started with the old board at around 3 million hits

Jeff Lewis

toadmanstankpictures · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 704

I was at the old board for maybe 6 months before following the herd.

Neil_Baumgardner

I will say I miss the old board archive, I wish we had kep that going so we could get old messages & pics, even if we didnt use the board anymore... Oh well...

Neil

Doug_Kibbey

- Neil_Baumgardner

I will say I miss the old board archive, I wish we had kep that going so we could get old messages & pics, even if we didnt use the board anymore... Oh well...

Neil

Some stuff can be picked up via archives, some not...it's really hit or miss. You can't link between pages, but a few things do turn up in a search now and again. Wink

Neil_Baumgardner

You mean via google search? Yeah, that pulls up some stuff, like you said hit or miss... But until about a month ago the board was still there if you knew the address - you could still search through it. Now the link doesnt work at all anymore...

Neil

Doug_Kibbey

- Neil_Baumgardner

You mean via google search? Yeah, that pulls up some stuff, like you said hit or miss... But until about a month ago the board was still there if you knew the address - you could still search through it. Now the link doesnt work at all anymore...

Neil

The old board is dead and buried for sure (think it's been more than a month, though). Only the occasional archive via google comes up now, like you said.

It was unsustainable, after advent of the spam 'bots. There were some days the spam posts approached a thousand.

68Barracuda

<pokes head out of hatch> I'm here....lurking around!

SFC_Jeff_Button

I was on the "Old-Board" for less than a year before making the jump here. Best move I've ever made.

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