Modus got hit with a ban during the St. Elsewhere Massacre/Regularpocalypse way back when this site was created. Sadly, I don’t think anyone knows how to contact them to get them here.
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This is the Spocko avatar.
I hope he didn’t go evil.
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See above.
I tried to message modus when we were both on Kinja; he never really responded.
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I thought that was you! (All Nimoys look alike to me.) I’ve seen Spockos around somewhere, Eschaton?, but it may be an oft used nym.
Easily found on Lawyers, Guns and Money. Same gravatar, name, and style.
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Oh, yeah. There he is. Good times.
If I can find that original artwork, I might go back to being the Great Paris. I was rather proud of that graphic.
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I believe in you!
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You’re tempting me.
My current avatar, by the way, is Fred Astaire using a Rolleiflex to take a picture of Audrey Hepburn. He’s playing a character named “Richard Avery.”
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I was just hit with a wave of sadness after habitually opening boingboing. It’s going to take me a while to get out of that habit. I’ll miss that place, but am happy to see people show up here
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The announcement thread over there sure has been lacking in the rejoice department. It’s gone positively negative.
I sure hope they know what they’ve done. The community is what really made that place stand out for me. Hope the revenue is worth it.
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Take some comfort in the similar interface and familiar ‘faces’; I have a feeling that a fair amount of good eggs will be joining us soon.
ETA:
Just to be clear, I am not making light of nor dismissing anyone’s valid feelings. Feel them, vent, process.
On my end, I just have to feel relieved because IMO it’s better to be ‘let down easy’ (and to have a plan B already in place) rather than to get tossed out unceremoniously on your ass with no warning.
The latter feels even worse.
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Perhaps you mean Ratman? I can ask him if he’s interested, but he’s so busy that I doubt he’d find the time. I can pass on a message if you’d like, though.
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In point of fact, I believe it was the ban that MO received that precipitated the unreasonable actions that followed, which directly led to the creation of the predecessor to this place.
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Pretty sure he already has an account here. No idea if he’s active or not.
You are correct; that is indeed the short version of Elsewhere’s origin story.
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How does one anonymize at BB?
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Count me among them. Yesterday when this was originally floated by orenwolf I was willing to be open minded about this shift. The more I’ve reflected the more sour I am on the whole thing.
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Send Ken or Jason a request, I think.
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He’s still around. Not super active, but a consistent presence for quite some time.
I initially thought you were referring to someone I later remembered is nixiebunny. I’m not a good person for recommendations, though, as I haven’t been active on BB for years at this point.
Also, just a gentle PSA that both Ken (orenwolf) and Rob (honeybunches) have accounts here, although I’ve never verified them as legit. I don’t think anyone here has written anything that should cause a problem, but I have no quarrel with either of them, and no intention of starting one.
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Nixiebunny was (is) into radio astronomy and old electronics. I wonder whether @RAvery was thinking of Medievalist? If so they quit BBS a few months back after choosing to argue ad infinitum about the germicidal properties of copper.
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This is a strange house this party has moved to, and I don’t know where anything is, so I’m just going to hang out in the kitchen and listen to conversations for a while.
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Ken is legit, AFAIK. I remember having the discussion about inviting him & Rob before.
I didn’t recall that Rob already has an account, but neither have I been I super active on this site .
Thanks for the heads up.
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