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Post by UberCranky on Feb 26, 2021 20:53:02 GMT -5
We all got the message to support PROBOARDS and while we understand that they need support, we also must take defensive measures to protect our HabsRus community.
We are working feverishly to create back up plans, meanwhile we need ALL of you to send a contact email to:
habsrus@outlook.com
Make absolutely sure you identify yourself by your nickname you are currently using. Simple write "Hi, I'm XXXX". We will NOT respond back unless we need to. Hopefully, we wont need to.
To make it absolutely clear, it is simply a precautionary measure and there will be more measures in the near future. This is the fastest and sure way to be able to inform you IF we have an issue.
Again, IF we have an issue.
HabsRus is a community which is now about 25 years old. We will do whatever we have to protect it and all it's members.
Please work with us.
The Mods
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Post by PTH on Feb 26, 2021 21:55:07 GMT -5
I can create a facebook group as a backup, I manage a number of them already. People can be members of groups without seeing anything else from other members.
For everyone on FB it would at least be a means of communicating together until we relocated.
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Post by UberCranky on Feb 26, 2021 22:15:44 GMT -5
I can create a facebook group as a backup, I manage a number of them already. People can be members of groups without seeing anything else from other members. For everyone on FB it would at least be a means of communicating together until we relocated. PTH...thank you....but please wait. This has to be coordinated and we can't have what happened 20 years ago where we had the community splintered and took many months to get everyone back together. Right now, we need everyone to send the contact email. Soon we will have a Plan B and Plan C where we get everyone registered as a back up plan. To be absolutely clear, we are here 20 years and we intend to be here 20 years more. But....
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Post by Willie Dog on Feb 26, 2021 22:51:05 GMT -5
Facebook may not allow all to register... not everyone has a facebook account.
I know all of the members appreciate all the work the mods do... best habs board around
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Post by UberCranky on Feb 26, 2021 23:27:06 GMT -5
Facebook may not allow all to register... not everyone has a facebook account. I know all of the members appreciate all the work the mods do... best habs board around Thanks WD, I saw you sent your contact. It was perfect in that you identified with your nickname here and that's it. We are not going to start up a conversation or respond to it, it will just stay there as a precautionary list of contacts. The reason we changed from "updating your emails" to sending an email is that even with our mod access, we can't "bulk see" all the emails. We need to access them one by one by one and with a thousand members, it will takes days and days of work. Then it will be issues of entries, misspellings and bounce backs. This way, we can send out individual emails knowing it will reach that person. The ONLY people who have access to that email account are the mods from this board and nobody else. Same mods that have been together and on site for 20 years. Nothing has changed as far as your security and privacy. We're being as transperant as possible as well as protective and cautious. We can't emphasize enough that these are simply precautionary measures. We really like proboards and it has been a very stable and reliable board. We're are NOT moving.....BUT we are a bit concerned so that's why this is happening.
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Post by UberCranky on Feb 27, 2021 18:09:22 GMT -5
28 emails and counting...
A little bit of a background. In the early 2000s the site we were on just evaporated. No warning, no notice, it just evaporated. All our community got spread into the wilderness. Then in early 2002, CO found this site and it took us a long time to get everybody back.
When sites like these go down, they just disappear. You don't get a week or a day or a second, it's just a blank page. Period.
We are determined that this wont happen twice. That's why all the urgency and effort.
In the background, we are testing sites and looking at various options. We can't empasize enough that we absolutely do NOT want to move. Not now, not ever. But we'll NOT get caught flat footed again.
Nothing has or will change here or anywhere. The same mod team, the same people, the same rules, the same community.
We don't have to tell you how proud we are of this community. We think we have the BEST Habs community on the internet.
We are doing our part....it's up to you to do your part.
From all the mods...THANK YOU
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Post by UberCranky on Mar 2, 2021 8:47:30 GMT -5
We got a lot of the active posters, not all but most, but not as many of the visitors.
The people who are visting should also send their emails. We are NOT differentiating between visitors and posters. EVERYBODY who sent an email will get one back.....IF it comes to that.
IF WE NEED TO....IF WE NEED TO
Also, we will NOT mass email. NEVER. Every email will be kept seperate and responded to seperatly. THAT is another reason why we are trying to get individual emails. If we need to respond, i or one of the mods can do it very quickly by opening the email, pasting the new address on the header and content...then send. Very fast and efficient. No issues of spelling errors or bouncebacks.
I've been doing this for 20+ years on my business email. It saves the "did you get it? Did you check your spam box? Did the dog bite the email man?
Remember....contact email with your screen name on the header and content. That's it.
Some have included kind words, but seriously, we already hug our mirrors.
If you have any questions about emails...send me a pm.
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