A Familiar Face Returns to the LES Staff Team…

DataRecovery · February 17

@AnthonySmith 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

I would definitely enjoy having some Phorum discussions here.

AnthonySmith · February 17

I was only joking about converting the forum, haha, I am not an admin, just a mod.

somik · February 17

@Mumbly said:

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

As long as it's not one of those read & forget, endlessly scrolling, Discourse-like abominations, you have my vote.

Action plan has been logged and recorded. Reminders WILL be sent if not completed in time

Although, I am not sure how you are planning to migrate the forum posts... Hope the forum posts and user accounts can stay (dont mind resetting password if needed)

FYI, correct me if i am wrong, but wasn't it @AnthonySmith who invited all of us OGs to join LES back in Nov'19?

Mumbly · February 17

@somik said: FYI, correct me if i am wrong, but wasn't it @AnthonySmith who invited all of us OGs to join LES back in Nov'19?

Old LES was an IPv6-only hosting support community 🙂 Like... "Don’t you dare open a support ticket for those 2 bucks a year - I'm there to make sure the infrastructure works, for anything else go to the LES forum and ask there!"

AnthonySmith · February 17

@somik said: FYI, correct me if i am wrong, but wasn't it @AnthonySmith who invited all of us OGs to join LES back in Nov'19?

yep thats me.

@Mumbly said: Old LES was an IPv6-only hosting support community

well...... NAT IPv4 + IPv6, but close enough haha

LES has had 2 distinct lives, the first was a sub project for NAT IPv4 + IPv6, the initial point was IPv6 only with IPv4 access, the reality was 99% of people just used ipv4.

It has its own forum, it ran on 64mb vps

Then tOGF was getting so scammy and out of hand, I forked, and used the LES domain, many felt the same, I just opened the door, many have never forgiven that, I think options are good, it is what it is, my memory is not great these days (Medication) I just realised today it might have been me who setup the LES Discord server? I see my name on the rules and my old dog's face (RIP Freeway) but I have zero recollection of doing it haha.

anyway LES history is pretty well documented, I had fun reading it not long ago, I had forgotten most of it.

somik · February 17

@AnthonySmith said:
anyway LES history is pretty well documented, I had fun reading it not long ago, I had forgotten most of it.

Lemme guess... @bikegremlin's blog?

bikegremlin · February 17

@Mumbly said:

@AnthonySmith said:

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

As long as it's not one of those read & forget, endlessly scrolling, Discourse-like abominations, you have my vote.

+1000 for this. Yes.

bikegremlin · February 17

@somik said:

@AnthonySmith said:
anyway LES history is pretty well documented, I had fun reading it not long ago, I had forgotten most of it.

Lemme guess... @bikegremlin's blog?

Please consult your chosen healthcare specialist before visiting that domain.

Note: it's a website, not a blog.

The blog is even scarrier:
https://blog.bikegremlin.com/

MichaelCee · February 18

@AnthonySmith said: Then tOGF was getting so scammy and out of hand, I forked, and used the LES domain, many felt the same, I just opened the door, many have never forgiven that, I think options are good, it is what it is

I posted my last thread on OGF in August 2021. Closed my account entirely until November 2024.. left a handful of comments since then, but nothing comes close to this place in my heart

vyas · February 18

We should post @AnthonySmith’s “John Galt” style speech from OGF here. Make it a sticky.

That call to action (call to arms?) was a classic. NKOTB may not have an idea about it

AnthonySmith · February 18

@vyas said:
We should post @AnthonySmith’s “John Galt” style speech from OGF here. Make it a sticky.

That call to action (call to arms?) was a classic. NKOTB may not have an idea about it

I made a speech? I honestly don't remember, please do.

I have forgotten about a lot of things sadly.

AnthonySmith · February 18

@MichaelCee said:

@AnthonySmith said: Then tOGF was getting so scammy and out of hand, I forked, and used the LES domain, many felt the same, I just opened the door, many have never forgiven that, I think options are good, it is what it is

I posted my last thread on OGF in August 2021. Closed my account entirely until November 2024.. left a handful of comments since then, but nothing comes close to this place in my heart

I respond to requests there, shake my head a lot, usually regret it, and leave. It's a strange model, but negative engagement is still engagement if numbers are the only driver.

To be honest these days it feels like an aggressive Chinese deals forum in English.

vyas · February 18

Your post on OGF on the topic was quite… epic. Not a speech but certainly like a speech !!!

I merely alluded that post to the epic speech in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged

@AnthonySmith said:

@vyas said:
We should post @AnthonySmith’s “John Galt” style speech from OGF here. Make it a sticky.

That call to action (call to arms?) was a classic. NKOTB may not have an idea about it

I made a speech? I honestly don't remember, please do.

I have forgotten about a lot of things sadly.

AnthonySmith · February 18

@vyas said:
Your post on OGF on the topic was quite… epic. Not a speech but certainly like a speech !!!

I merely alluded that post to the epic speech in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged

@AnthonySmith said:

@vyas said:
We should post @AnthonySmith’s “John Galt” style speech from OGF here. Make it a sticky.

That call to action (call to arms?) was a classic. NKOTB may not have an idea about it

I made a speech? I honestly don't remember, please do.

I have forgotten about a lot of things sadly.

I must have meant it, I just don't remember it haha.

mikho · February 19

@vyas said:
Your post on OGF on the topic was quite… epic. Not a speech but certainly like a speech !!!

I merely alluded that post to the epic speech in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged

@AnthonySmith said:

@vyas said:
We should post @AnthonySmith’s “John Galt” style speech from OGF here. Make it a sticky.

That call to action (call to arms?) was a classic. NKOTB may not have an idea about it

I made a speech? I honestly don't remember, please do.

I have forgotten about a lot of things sadly.

Screenshot it and post it here in its own thread.

Freek · February 19

Oh my, Christmas came early this year

A Familiar Face Returns to the LES Staff Team…

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