As some of you may have already realised, I've been forced to delete The Bloody Board, as a result of this article. The board was attacked to such a degree that I had no hopes of being able to delete posts and ban users or keep up with the amount of spam the board was being inundated with.
As a result, I'll, obviously, be no longer posting James or Whedonverse news there anymore. However I will still be posting to the DKSC mailing list, as well as posting major James news/updates on my LJ and Twitter, so you'll still be getting James-related news via those places.
The only thing that will really change, is that I'll no longer be posting news/articles, etc relating to everything else Whedonverse at The Bloody Board. So for those of you who were members or guests who visited The Bloody Board to keep up to date with everything Whedonverse, you'll no longer be able to do so.
Like I said, I'll continue to post everything James-related through the mailing list, LJ and Twitter, as I have been, so it's not really that much of a big loss, unless you're looking for anything else.
I also want to say thanks to everyone that's offered to help, or that have simply taken the time to say "That sucks." It's much appreciated. :)
Glad you continue posting here.
Hate that you had to close the board, but I'm glad you'll keep up posting on LJ.
*hugs you tight*
I was so sad I didn't get to see the Bloody Board, mighta even encouraged me to watch that series.
It's terrible when newfags (younger /b/tards) run to something shiny. Or tries to act intelligent.
I hope you had somewhere to put the BB's archives before you had to cut it down to size.. doesn't the software allow you to just take it down for maintenance? (Or to make it 'invive only' via a flash page or 'answer this question to get access' type deal? Granted it's traffic.. but a random string of 20 alphanumeric's (Capitals and Lower case are different) would be nearly impossible to crack.. at least it'd be too hard to the common /b/tards to bother with.
As to the specific tards responsible, the original /b/tards (those from 05-08ish and may predate /b/ (but generally were somethingawful goons or from related groups online) were always nicer people. Then it seems a second wave of immigrants came to the seeder internet and fucked up good things. (Much in the same way pre-91 internet users bitched about AOL'ers and the Eternal September crowds.) I wonder if there is a thesis to be written about that... This is probably a sign the newfags are about to start submitting retarded articles to Cracked. Oh joy...
Anyways, much sympathies. I can only dread what would happen if somebody found my cubby holes online.
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It sucks, but I'm still updating, so it's not a total loss. :)
awww
before you delete this comment, could you tell me WHY?
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But, I guess most people just see what they wanna see.
Anyways, thanks. :)
Sucks :(
But... Sure was a funny article! :D
Hope things are better for you now. :)
Question about forums.
Sorry for the loss of your site.
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And thanks, I appreciate it. :)
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Victims of the Internet
The Cracked article was entertainment media, that should have been obvious to most people but re: the internet is for idiots. It's entertainment until you know the specifics. People don't WANT to know the specifics, they want to believe their entertaining version, that someone was deranged enough to host an entire forum by themselves... instead of realizing it to be a simple news site / archive (which really isn't unusual given how easy forum software can be used).
Really though, the internet is for idiots. It's so much easier to follow the crowd to feel "a part of something" than to take a moment to think about your actions... and this is the result of that :(
Eventually laws will be passed to allow direct persecution of those responsible (being those who attacked your forum, and Cracked for encouraging others to do so). But until then, people will continue to hurt others for their own enjoyment, using the anonymity of the internet to remove the faces of their victims.
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