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Re: what happens when a big forum goes bust

Post by statichaos » Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:47 pm

Boadacia! wrote:Can't drink, can't smoke
What do you do?


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Post by Bella Fortuna » Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:52 pm

Damn you for beating me to it! :lay:
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Post by statichaos » Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:59 pm

Bella Fortuna wrote:Damn you for beating me to it! :lay:
Too slow on the draw around a generational contemporary.....

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Post by cursuswalker » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:03 pm

xrayzed wrote:That was surprisingly cool.

I'm becoming more and more convinced that human beings love schisms.
Schism is a part of the evolution of thought in the same way that varying environmental conditions is part of the evolution of species.

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Post by Boadacia! » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:08 pm

statichaos wrote:
Boadacia! wrote:Can't drink, can't smoke
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Re: what happens when a big forum goes bust

Post by xrayzed » Tue Mar 02, 2010 12:22 am

Clinton Huxley wrote:
Bella Fortuna wrote:
Alan C wrote:A good schism starts the day better than a strong cup of coffee.
Yes, a nice splurge of schism starts the day off right... :levi:
I demand a forum solely for people who disagree with this statement.
If you're not going to oppose schisms you can just sod off and form your own group.

Oh, wait...

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Post by Bella Fortuna » Tue Mar 02, 2010 12:24 am

xrayzed wrote:
Clinton Huxley wrote:
Bella Fortuna wrote:
Alan C wrote:A good schism starts the day better than a strong cup of coffee.
Yes, a nice splurge of schism starts the day off right... :levi:
I demand a forum solely for people who disagree with this statement.
If you're not going to oppose schisms you can just sod off and form your own group.

Oh, wait...
I can take your schism, baby.
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Post by MissingNo. » Tue Mar 02, 2010 12:43 am

eXcommunicate wrote:
RuleBritannia wrote:I think the formation and break away of sects is just something indicative of all human organisation, it's unavoidable.
Generally I agree, but it didn't have to happen in this instance.
Well, I don't agree. I'm branching off from this discussion and forming my own!

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Re: what happens when a big forum goes bust

Post by Kristie » Tue Mar 02, 2010 12:51 am

lpetrich wrote:I'm not familiar with that Herd of Cats forum. Is it still online? Is it an offshoot of RDF or of TAF or of both?
It was an offshoot of TAF. It's no longer up and going, and many of it's members came here or went back to TAF.
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Re: what happens when a big forum goes bust

Post by maiforpeace » Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:04 am

FIO wrote:
lpetrich wrote:I'm not familiar with that Herd of Cats forum. Is it still online? Is it an offshoot of RDF or of TAF or of both?
It was an offshoot of TAF. It's no longer up and going, and many of it's members came here or went back to TAF.
Actually it's still up, though there are few posters there. Looks like Globe just made a post there today.

http://forum.herd-of-cats.com/
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Post by Mephistopheles » Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:15 am

lpetrich wrote:Thanx, Aca.

Notice that that picture got clipped by the page's inline rendering. To unclip it, do (right click) -> View Image in Firefox, or something similar in other browsers.

I've created a similar image for RDF offshoots:

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I contest this. TAF gathered a few members from RDF's diaspora as well. :P

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Re: what happens when a big forum goes bust

Post by Kristie » Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:33 am

maiforpeace wrote:
FIO wrote:
lpetrich wrote:I'm not familiar with that Herd of Cats forum. Is it still online? Is it an offshoot of RDF or of TAF or of both?
It was an offshoot of TAF. It's no longer up and going, and many of it's members came here or went back to TAF.
Actually it's still up, though there are few posters there. Looks like Globe just made a post there today.

http://forum.herd-of-cats.com/
Wow. I thought she announced it was going to close back in October or something, when the server fees were due again.
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Re: what happens when a big forum goes bust

Post by Alan C » Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:35 am

So there are aschismists?
:ele:
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Re: what happens when a big forum goes bust

Post by xrayzed » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:05 am

Alan C wrote:So there are aschismists?
:ele:
And neo-aschsimists. Reformed.

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Re: what happens when a big forum goes bust

Post by RuleBritannia » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:59 am

Mephistopheles wrote:
lpetrich wrote:Thanx, Aca.

Notice that that picture got clipped by the page's inline rendering. To unclip it, do (right click) -> View Image in Firefox, or something similar in other browsers.

I've created a similar image for RDF offshoots:

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I contest this. TAF gathered a few members from RDF's diaspora as well. :P
And that's what the chart show, doesn't it?
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