A Familiar Face Returns to the LES Staff Team…

Mason · 2:59PM

Some returns feel special... and this is one of them.

We’re excited to announce that Anthony Smith @backtogeek, the original founder of LowEndSpirit, is officially rejoining the LES Staff team.

Ant was instrumental in shaping LES from its humble beginnings (even prior to the forum it ended up being): establishing the culture, values, and standards that helped make this community what it is today. His vision laid the groundwork for a forum centered on fairness, transparency, and giving smaller providers and enthusiasts a place to thrive.

Having him back on staff brings both experience and perspective, and we’re looking forward to working together as LES continues to evolve.

Please join us in welcoming Ant back home.

SocksAreComfortable · 3:06PM

Welcome back!

Any $7/year dealz?

Ympker · 3:15PM

Welcome back, man! Happy to have you

AnthonySmith · 3:17PM

Thanks, I left my speech in my other trousers, sorry.

But nice to be of some use again.

tl;dr

Had to step away initially due to a conflict of interest, which no longer exists, and then I did not come back to much due to ongoing health issues, which are still ongoing, but i have some time.

Might change my username back to the more familiar @AnthonySmith ??

Give me 5 to find my feet

Ympker · 3:24PM

@backtogeek said:
Thanks, I left my speech in my other trousers, sorry.

But nice to be of some use again.

tl;dr

Had to step away initially due to a conflict of interest, which no longer exists, and then I did not come back to much due to ongoing health issues, which are still ongoing, but i have some time.

Might change my username back to the more familiar @AnthonySmith ??

Give me 5 to find my feet

Fan of your og username AS. Probably also because it took me forever to notice BTG is you haha

Chievo · 3:33PM

Congrats

Not_Oles · 3:40PM

Yaaay!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

WSS · 4:05PM

Another one fell off the wagon. Remember when we used to have a less shitty forum than vanilla?

AnthonySmith · 4:08PM

@WSS said:
Another one fell off the wagon. Remember when we used to have a less shitty forum than vanilla?

My first action as a mod with no actual access will be to convert this to phpbb

MichaelCee · 4:44PM

@backtogeek said: My first action as a mod with no actual access will be to convert this to phpbb

You have my vote

Ympker · 5:06PM

@MichaelCee said:

@backtogeek said: My first action as a mod with no actual access will be to convert this to phpbb

You have my vote

We can already go back to creating Newsgroup on Usenet for discussion lol. And setup irc, mumble/teamspeak for nostalgia.

terrorgen · 5:29PM

I enjoy some yahoo groups

AnthonySmith · 5:33PM

@Ympker said:

@MichaelCee said:

@backtogeek said: My first action as a mod with no actual access will be to convert this to phpbb

You have my vote

We can already go back to creating Newsgroup on Usenet for discussion lol. And setup irc, mumble/teamspeak for nostalgia.

I have been thinking a lot about the good old days recently haha.

Ympker · 5:34PM

@backtogeek said:

@Ympker said:

@MichaelCee said:

@backtogeek said: My first action as a mod with no actual access will be to convert this to phpbb

You have my vote

We can already go back to creating Newsgroup on Usenet for discussion lol. And setup irc, mumble/teamspeak for nostalgia.

I have been thinking a lot about the good old days recently haha.

_MS_ · 6:10PM

Welcome back, @backtogeek.
I believe you/your spot was never really gone.

AnthonySmith · 6:18PM

MS said:
Welcome back, @backtogeek.
I believe you/your spot was never really gone.

thanks!

I found this in the staff section.. I don't even remember writing it, from many years ago:

I just want to be absolutely clear, I am 110% not precious about any of this so while I think I have said it a few times now, just to drive the point home I absolutely do not care how you guys do any of this, I consider myself completely out of the picture already at this stage operationally.

I did mean it, and I have never claimed any special privileges here since I hope, but time flies by, and here we are, it feels right.

imok · 7:50PM

@backtogeek said:

@WSS said:
Another one fell off the wagon. Remember when we used to have a less shitty forum than vanilla?

My first action as a mod with no actual access will be to convert this to phpbb

Oh I miss phpbb

AnthonySmith · 8:21PM

@imok said:

@backtogeek said:

@WSS said:
Another one fell off the wagon. Remember when we used to have a less shitty forum than vanilla?

My first action as a mod with no actual access will be to convert this to phpbb

Oh I miss phpbb

Everyone does; anyone who does not is on tiktok

skorous · 9:04PM

yoursunny · 9:58PM

@backtogeek said:
My first action as a mod with no actual access will be to convert this to phpbb

Maryland Geocaching Society is running phpBB.
Good luck converting all the Markdown to BBCode.

imok · 10:36PM

We are waiting for the change of the username

AnthonySmith · 10:59PM

@imok said:
We are waiting for the change of the username

Boom

A Familiar Face Returns to the LES Staff Team…

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