I was there when I got the message from the other mod, which I *why* I didn't do the screenies. Thirty seconds. I timed it. Soon as she said, "I got it", I was out. Thanks for your vote of confidence. And you don't know why I went, so don't bother to waste your time in speculating. It's unbecoming of someone of your stature.
You got a message, and were only there for 30 seconds? Amazing.
Look, Paden, if one of you guys can't go to the damn
staff forum for some pictures, then maybe the 250+ normal members can satisfy curiosity. Owait, they can't. Nevermind.
They'll try now that the mods can't control themselves now, won't they?
Inge is gonna be so pissed.
Also if anybody else wants to cough up some goods, I think now would be the time.
There's always the morning.
I was there when I got the message from the other mod, which I *why* I didn't do the screenies. Thirty seconds. I timed it. Soon as she said, "I got it", I was out. Thanks for your vote of confidence. And you don't know why I went, so don't bother to waste your time in speculating. It's unbecoming of someone of your stature.
But Paden, we trusted people here not to go. I don't know what you mean by 'vote of confidence' and you've mentioned it twice now. I don't get it.
Whatever was accorded as far as a "vote of confidence" it was lost the minute she went onto the forum.
Ok Cal, can't figure out the qoute thing this quickly, but I read your post.
I think i know the answer, but let's say Walt is a dummny and will post his plans about shutting down Insim, or his anger about someone attempting to download the site, or he suddenly finds out about the plans of ripping the community out of his hands. Wouldn't a real time informant in the staff section come in handy, especially if we don't know what he might do?
What is a real time informant going to do with this information - Walt either shuts Pescado down, or he doesn't. Either he baleets Insim altogether, or he doesn't. Seeing as I presume Pescado has the script running automated, then what forewarning is going to make a difference? Maybe Pescado would like a real time informant, but there were 2 separate moderators on the site at the same time - which nixed the whole idea that it would be of any benefit. Even if that were the case, why then announce the sorries, and the fact that there was something to gawk at at all?
I would like to play devils advocate and point out one thing to all of you people saying "DONT GO THERE!!! OMG WTF LOL BBQ":
- Actually browsing the site and reading it is actually quite minimal in terms of server resources compared to posting
- Actually attempting to POST stuff uses more resources that just reading
- Downloading attachments takes up the MOST resources, due to the way a default vBulletin is constructed and the way it sends files.
Thus, telling people not to go there to slurp *files* is one thing. Telling them that they can't go and read a few things is totally another.
Then why are the very mods of Insim bothering to tell anyone not to go there - why not just ask them not to download - they can make stickies and everything - they're mods. And from those screenshots, shows they were taken today, they did in fact, post there. More than one moderator as well. And why are they yelling about the importance of staying away, if we don't actually have to stay away?
Since only the mods have access to the staff thread (right?), hopefully there won't be a sudden influx of gawkers...
Ya think? They can't even get members who've read this thread and know what's happening to stay away. They'll all be over there now.
Well, Im an honest pirate and I did go there and found this little gem:
In response to why is the site (Insim) having problems loading...
Case in point.
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