UPDATE JULY 31, 2023: It seems like since I posted this thread the forums are actually being used. My current plan (as of just now) is to keep the forums open as long as they are actually being used regularly. This means that I am now going to explore a vbulletin and server upgrade to get rid of the security issues.
UPDATE JUNE 30, 2023: Just providing an update: I haven't quite finished the export so the forums will stay open at least 1 more month. New plan is August 1st, 2023.
All my Massassi friends and acquaintances,
It is time to shut down these forums. I am planning to convert them to a permanent, readonly archive on June 1, 2023.
This was discussed in a previous thread, but the main reasons are:
Please say your farewells, download/archive any private messages you want to keep, share your contact information out to your pm friends, etc.
There are quite a few of us in the Discord now if you're still looking for some JK discussion.
Thanks for the memories!
Brian
P.S. I'll post a reply with a list of the specific things that are going to be archived and those that are not.
UPDATE JUNE 30, 2023: Just providing an update: I haven't quite finished the export so the forums will stay open at least 1 more month. New plan is August 1st, 2023.
All my Massassi friends and acquaintances,
It is time to shut down these forums. I am planning to convert them to a permanent, readonly archive on June 1, 2023.
This was discussed in a previous thread, but the main reasons are:
- usage is extremely low
- vBulletin is out of date, out of support, and has various unpatched vulnerabilities
- the PHP version these forums use is out of date, out of support, and has various unpatched vulnerabilities
- the forum is costing me too much time
- manual verification of new users, when 99% of them are spammers or bots
- always worrying that they're gonna be hacked (again)
- the forum is costing me too much money
- any money is too much, since they're not being used
- $60/month (since they're on the old massassi server, which is also out of date, out of support, and has various unpatched vulnerabilities
Please say your farewells, download/archive any private messages you want to keep, share your contact information out to your pm friends, etc.
There are quite a few of us in the Discord now if you're still looking for some JK discussion.
Thanks for the memories!
Brian
P.S. I'll post a reply with a list of the specific things that are going to be archived and those that are not.