Members 1001gear Posted July 18, 2022 Members Share Posted July 18, 2022 This time the notice was from Invision and had the tone of GFY. Be that as it may, here it are again and the HC bookmark favicon is a cool Invision logo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted July 18, 2022 Author Members Share Posted July 18, 2022 Also if nobody is running this place, who's running this place? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted July 18, 2022 Members Share Posted July 18, 2022 1 hour ago, 1001gear said: Also if nobody is running this place, who's running this place? It’s like a Tesla, it operates on auto pilot until it crashes 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted July 18, 2022 Members Share Posted July 18, 2022 1 hour ago, 1001gear said: This time the notice was from Invision and had the tone of GFY. Be that as it may, here it are again and the HC bookmark favicon is a cool Invision logo. I thought they really pulled the plug this time 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted July 18, 2022 Author Members Share Posted July 18, 2022 1 hour ago, gardo said: I thought they really pulled the plug this time Lol I also. 1 hour ago, gardo said: It’s like a Tesla, it operates on auto pilot until it crashes This got a laugh because the roll eyes/ freak thing causes constipation in the ratings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted July 18, 2022 Author Members Share Posted July 18, 2022 This is funnier. I joined Mark Wein's forum to inquire about it. I'm now Drummist over there. Maybe I'll take up guitar... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted July 18, 2022 Moderators Share Posted July 18, 2022 I was certain we were goners after 48 hours down. no, nothing was said to us mods, and we have no direct line to the owners. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted July 18, 2022 Author Members Share Posted July 18, 2022 That's hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators davie Posted July 18, 2022 Moderators Share Posted July 18, 2022 1 hour ago, daddymack said: I was certain we were goners after 48 hours down. no, nothing was said to us mods, and we have no direct line to the owners. Same here. I was fearing for the worst.. Let's hope everything is good now 🤞 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted July 18, 2022 Members Share Posted July 18, 2022 Yeah, expected the worst, luckily it didn't happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted July 18, 2022 Members Share Posted July 18, 2022 2 hours ago, 1001gear said: This is funnier. I joined Mark Wein's forum to inquire about it. I'm now Drummist over there. Maybe I'll take up guitar... I joined there too. several years ago after Great Dane quit posting here. I posted there a few times then came back here. I’m probably still a noob or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr.Grumpy Posted July 18, 2022 Members Share Posted July 18, 2022 I thought the same thing too, that the plug had been pulled without warning, as the display banner appeared to be from an ISP and not the old "HC forum is down for maintenance" I suppose the moderators are paid something although I suspect it's not much as it's basically a work-from-home job. Does Dendy Jarret work full time on HC or does he have other duties? In any case, if the owners do decide to pull the plug, a little notice would be nice so we can say our goodbyes and settle up our gambling debts. Who owns HC now anyway, It was SWEETWATER, last time I heard, was it not? And before that it was Gibson, and before that it was Cakewalk/Roland, and before that it was Musician's Friend... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted July 18, 2022 Members Share Posted July 18, 2022 That was close! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted July 19, 2022 Moderators Share Posted July 19, 2022 5 hours ago, Mr.Grumpy said: I thought the same thing too, that the plug had been pulled without warning, as the display banner appeared to be from an ISP and not the old "HC forum is down for maintenance" I suppose the moderators are paid something although I suspect it's not much as it's basically a work-from-home job. Does Dendy Jarret work full time on HC or does he have other duties? In any case, if the owners do decide to pull the plug, a little notice would be nice so we can say our goodbyes and settle up our gambling debts. Who owns HC now anyway, It was SWEETWATER, last time I heard, was it not? And before that it was Gibson, and before that it was Cakewalk/Roland, and before that it was Musician's Friend... your supposition is incorrect. I am an unpaid volunteer, as are the rest of the mods here...AFAIK. Since we have no contact with the owners, who would be 'paying us'? And yes, we are of the opinion it is currently Sweetwater. But nothing official was ever given to us. One day, Anderton, Dendy, Phil and the other guys you didn't see, like Loeffler....all logged off. No guidance, no 'here's the key to the admin codes', no in case of emergency contact:www.xxx-X.fu, nope...'hasta la vista, good luck....' well not exactly...but pretty much. But the ship is still afloat, we just can't get to the wheel house to steer it. All we can do is repel boarders and keep the peace. Thankfully it is sllloooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.... 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted July 19, 2022 Members Share Posted July 19, 2022 54 minutes ago, daddymack said: your supposition is incorrect. I am an unpaid volunteer, as are the rest of the mods here...AFAIK. Since we have no contact with the owners, who would be 'paying us'? And yes, we are of the opinion it is currently Sweetwater. But nothing official was ever given to us. One day, Anderton, Dendy, Phil and the other guys you didn't see, like Loeffler....all logged off. No guidance, no 'here's the key to the admin codes', no in case of emergency contact:www.xxx-X.fu, nope...'hasta la vista, good luck....' well not exactly...but pretty much. But the ship is still afloat, we just can't get to the wheel house to steer it. All we can do is repel boarders and keep the peace. Thankfully it is sllloooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.... There’s the problem, all of the boarders have been repelled 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted July 19, 2022 Members Share Posted July 19, 2022 59 minutes ago, daddymack said: your supposition is incorrect. I am an unpaid volunteer, as are the rest of the mods here...AFAIK. Since we have no contact with the owners, who would be 'paying us'? And yes, we are of the opinion it is currently Sweetwater. But nothing official was ever given to us. One day, Anderton, Dendy, Phil and the other guys you didn't see, like Loeffler....all logged off. No guidance, no 'here's the key to the admin codes', no in case of emergency contact:www.xxx-X.fu, nope...'hasta la vista, good luck....' well not exactly...but pretty much. But the ship is still afloat, we just can't get to the wheel house to steer it. All we can do is repel boarders and keep the peace. Thankfully it is sllloooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.... Thanks for having on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted July 19, 2022 Moderators Share Posted July 19, 2022 1 minute ago, gardo said: There’s the problem, all of the boarders have been repelled DOH! My bad...'Prepare to accept boarders!' 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted July 19, 2022 Author Members Share Posted July 19, 2022 1 hour ago, daddymack said: your supposition is incorrect. I am an unpaid volunteer, as are the rest of the mods here...AFAIK. Since we have no contact with the owners, who would be 'paying us'? And yes, we are of the opinion it is currently Sweetwater. But nothing official was ever given to us. One day, Anderton, Dendy, Phil and the other guys you didn't see, like Loeffler....all logged off. No guidance, no 'here's the key to the admin codes', no in case of emergency contact:www.xxx-X.fu, nope...'hasta la vista, good luck....' well not exactly...but pretty much. But the ship is still afloat, we just can't get to the wheel house to steer it. All we can do is repel boarders and keep the peace. Thankfully it is sllloooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.... The flat Earthers better be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted July 19, 2022 Moderators Share Posted July 19, 2022 2 minutes ago, 1001gear said: The flat Earthers better be wrong. That's who we've been repelling.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted July 19, 2022 Author Members Share Posted July 19, 2022 2 minutes ago, daddymack said: That's who we've been repelling.... Hopefully not off the edge. eek The other last time this happened, I contacted Sweetwater and I got a couple responses denying they have anything to do with HC. Pointing out their Banner topped the forum site yielded no change in response. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted July 19, 2022 Moderators Share Posted July 19, 2022 yeah, there is something hinky in the ownership...a group effort, Sweetwater the more visible... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr.Grumpy Posted July 19, 2022 Members Share Posted July 19, 2022 Thanks Daddymack for 'splaining further, not surprised the mods are volunteers, so THANKS AGAIN to you and Davey and Anton and whoever else is tasked with keeping order and hammering down the spam posts. 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators davie Posted July 19, 2022 Moderators Share Posted July 19, 2022 15 hours ago, daddymack said: Since we have no contact with the owners, who would be 'paying us'? Wait.. you're not getting paid for this? Then who's the one dropping me off duffel bags of cash at the park trash bin every month? 😨 2 hours ago, Mr.Grumpy said: Thanks Daddymack for 'splaining further, not surprised the mods are volunteers, so THANKS AGAIN to you and Davey and Anton and whoever else is tasked with keeping order and hammering down the spam posts. 👍 But yes.. we're just volunteers. 😁 The frequency of spam posts have actually gotten better lately. The latest system is pretty good at filtering them out. During one of the previous versions of the forum, we used to get almost a full page of spam in each section, some days I had to spend up to half an hour to remove them all, and we also had more active moderators back then too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted July 19, 2022 Author Members Share Posted July 19, 2022 We musta been uploaded and air gapped before they took off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted July 19, 2022 Members Share Posted July 19, 2022 At least we didn't lose our posts and what-not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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