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Hmm...I wonder what is going on??

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Post by Vanessa » Tue September 2nd, 2008, 4:10 pm

I've just been to have a look. You'd think they'd have an announcement somewhere, though, wouldn't you? Or some sort of apology for the site being down.

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Post by JaneConsumer » Tue September 2nd, 2008, 4:11 pm

but if it does go back up, might be worth copying and pasting the stuff we need from it and bringing it here... unless that's against the law?

I don't recall signing my intellectual property rights away when I posted there. So if access becomes available, and if my posts are still there, I will be selectively copying any worth saving. I've already found and copied some that are still in the Google cache or available at the Internet Archive.

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Post by Misfit » Tue September 2nd, 2008, 4:21 pm

EC, perfect. Wonder how long before we're all banned?

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Post by LoveHistory » Tue September 2nd, 2008, 7:40 pm

I like this new forum. It's blue.

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Post by Divia » Tue September 2nd, 2008, 9:09 pm

Well if its a company or whatever and not a member who owns the new site then yeah I'm not going near it. We're all here. I'll stay. :)
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Post by LCW » Wed September 3rd, 2008, 1:01 am

[quote=""Vanessa""]I've just been to have a look. You'd think they'd have an announcement somewhere, though, wouldn't you? Or some sort of apology for the site being down.[/quote]

I know! That was just weird! Is it a money thing, I wonder? But seriously, how much can you make off a forum like this? Seems like it's more work for the Admins than anything else! I know that's true for the site I Admin!
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Post by SonjaMarie » Wed September 3rd, 2008, 2:19 am

On my Jane site if I'm lucky I can make a $100 or so every few months. If each us click a few times a week I'm sure they can earn a good amount.

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Post by diamondlil » Wed September 3rd, 2008, 2:50 am

[quote=""1lila1""]I know! That was just weird! Is it a money thing, I wonder? But seriously, how much can you make off a forum like this? Seems like it's more work for the Admins than anything else! I know that's true for the site I Admin![/quote]


That is what we could never understand. They had a site where their mods were happy to do whatever needed to be done, and they just had to watch the income come in (and pay server costs of course), and yet even that was too much.
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Post by Vanessa » Wed September 3rd, 2008, 9:31 am

But obviously no idea about communication!
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Post by Divia » Wed September 3rd, 2008, 11:26 am

well if you have a couple hundred or so ties then the money could add up. Anyway, let em be the way they are being. We found a better place.
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