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posted February 16, 2022 07:39 PM            

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Server equipment is being moved to a more secure and weather controlled/resistant building on Friday, March 18 around 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. The site will go down during the move and should be back up around 10:00 p.m.

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posted February 16, 2022 08:34 PM            

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Bump!

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posted February 16, 2022 09:02 PM            

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posted February 17, 2022 04:49 PM            

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Thanks for the update Randall

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posted February 17, 2022 10:06 PM            

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Thanks for letting us know.

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posted February 23, 2022 04:33 PM            

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posted February 23, 2022 05:06 PM            

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Tbh this site really needs a makeover, looks like a forum from the 90s

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posted February 23, 2022 06:26 PM            

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Originally posted by plutonianmenace:
Tbh this site really needs a makeover, looks like a forum from the 90s

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Randall has kept the site free all these years and has never charged for posting. A lot of opinions have been allowed here and moderation is not heavy handed. And there is a wealth of information,

I honestly don't know any forum like this that has lasted that long and never charged users.

ETA: I am commenting because I find your comment a bit rich to be honest...

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posted February 24, 2022 08:13 AM            

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Randall has kept this website free & up & running since September 2000.

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posted February 24, 2022 09:38 AM            

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Originally posted by plutonianmenace:
Tbh this site really needs a makeover, looks like a forum from the 90s

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It can't be updated, without losing certain responses from the past.

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posted February 24, 2022 09:43 AM            

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I didn't think of that after 10 years away its coming home. It's good to have something the same after 22 years so many changes in the world. I was on discord a couple of years ago & it's all changed when I registered a few days ago.

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posted February 24, 2022 03:51 PM            

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The pluses to updating: Member Avatars, Private Messaging, and an Ignore function.

The negatives to updating: A more sterile looking format that loses the familiarity and warmth we have had for 22 years, broken images all over the forums from use of smilies, loss of posting history, and all the new glitches that come with updates. I would argue that private messaging is actually a negative, in that it encourages gossip and the forming of cliques, which can destroy a forum.

Using a cost-benefit analysis, one side is clearly weighted more favorably.

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posted February 24, 2022 03:59 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
The pluses to updating: Member Avatars, Private Messaging, and an Ignore function.

The negatives to updating: A more sterile looking format that loses the familiarity and warmth we have had for 22 years, broken images all over the forums from use of smilies, loss of posting history, and all the new glitches that come with updates. I would argue that private messaging is actually a negative, in that it encourages gossip and the forming of cliques, which can destroy a forum.

Using a cost-benefit analysis, one side is clearly weighted more favorably.

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Thank you for explaining.

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posted March 11, 2022 11:30 AM            

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Looks like it will take 2-3 hours, but it should be no later than midnight.

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posted March 11, 2022 12:21 PM            

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All good❤❤

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posted March 14, 2022 09:46 PM            

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I like the look of the tried and true LL. I don't like when sites change because you have to learn them all over again.( Maybe I am just dumb with computers)

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posted March 15, 2022 12:01 AM            

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Private messaging wouldn’t be any different from exchanging emails, or adding each other on social media.

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posted March 15, 2022 11:43 AM            

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Private messaging is way different. It encourages gossip, lowers morale, and promotes the creation of cliques.

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posted March 15, 2022 11:48 AM            

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Private messaging is way different. It encourages gossip, lowers morale, and promotes the creation of cliques.

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It doesn’t. I’ve been on boards with PMs, and it’s no different.

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posted March 15, 2022 11:53 AM            

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We'll just take your word for it.

It's human nature to gossip about others and to associate with those of like mind (cliques). Private Messaging encourages that behavior, and it tends to rear its ugly head and show up in aggression on the forums.

Exchanging emails is a rarity compared to having a PM function readily available. Social media--such as Facebook--is filled with gossip (including private groups created solely for that purpose), but at least it is kept off the forums.

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posted March 15, 2022 02:35 PM            

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Facebook was trouble for me, because of you-know-who. She was one fueling gossip and lies. She didn’t need Facebook for that. I was accused of crap, when I hadn’t even known of a private group.

People have talked about cliques being here, between people who had no contact away from here. But never mind.

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posted March 15, 2022 03:32 PM            

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Yes, cliques can form at LL with no contact away from here, which becomes much worse with PM. You only served to prove my point.

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posted March 15, 2022 03:41 PM            

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@Randall, that would be very sad. LL is different maybe due to it's atmosphere. Most of know if we don't jell with another, we are able to steer away.
One would hope in this community decay can't become of it. We are supposed to be about growth in selves/relationships. I think the majority here have high vibration, hopefully it will remain so.

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posted March 15, 2022 03:47 PM            

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Agreed on all points.

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posted March 17, 2022 03:28 PM            

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Tomorrow is the day.

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