- Jul 22, 2003
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it’s about time.
the thread about nothing...
- Thread in 'General' Thread starter Started by Renaldo Balkman,
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- Dec 8, 1999
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In brief:
We lost access to our server due to the negligence of our now former hosting company. (Other customers addressed this here, if you want details: https://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1932930 )
We temporarily regained partial access, but upon losing it again we had no choice but to rent another server elsewhere and restore from the most recent successful backup, which was completed prior to the initial outage.
Unfortunately, two days of posts were lost as a result, but we had to make the decision to cut our losses to avoid any further downtime.
Beruseruku Desu
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Beruseruku Desu
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looks like their located in downtown LA.
Could it be due to the recent fires in cali maybe?
edit* im also shocked theres another forum site thats still active in this day and age besides NT
mplsdunk
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it ran like crap before it went down anyways, not yuku bad but it would load and load sometimes.
- Dec 8, 1999
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They may try to use that as an excuse, but fire would not cause our assigned IP to suddenly transfer to an unrelated overseas hosting company. That doesn’t just randomly happen overnight. This was a foreseeable, avoidable issue that was never communicated to clients.
It’s hard to top CrowdGather trying to steal and rebrand our Yuku forums or Buzzfeed misappropriating entire months of revenue while the floundered on the verge of NASDAQ delisting, but this is probably in the top 5 instances of unprofessionalism I’ve encountered in 25 years of overseeing NikeTalk.
This was arguably the root cause of the problem: https://www.crunchbase.com/acquisition/edge-centres-acquires-quadranet--ec74070a
It’s almost never gone well for us when a partner has been acquired - Yuku by some wannabe VC fund whose name I forget, Yuku by Inform, Yuku by CrowdGather, Huddler by Wikia/Fandom, Complex by Buzzfeed, etc.
More often than not, it just turns into a strip mining operation and a talent exodus.
It was not a cheap fix, but I’m just glad to have the site back online and in safer hands.
I appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding.
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I completely forgot about SneakerTalk, what a time 
- Feb 9, 2008
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Look like all the post since this past Sunday have been deleted
- Dec 8, 1999
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I completely forgot about SneakerTalk, what a time
That was the forum equivalent of “organizations win championships” hubris.
I hate that it came to that, but couldn’t have been prouder of the community’s solidarity.
You’d think the trolls and bigots would be the worst part of operating an online community.
It’s the tech bros.
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We back.
- Dec 8, 1999
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Not quite. One points the gun, the other serves as its ammunition.
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darthska
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Yesterday's:
Wordle 1,300 4/6
Wordle 1,300 4/6
darthska
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kdawg
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Yesterday's:
Wordle 1,300 4/6
Didn't save yesterday's but looks very similar to that - solved in 4.
- Oct 8, 2002
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So my mom's went on an Alaskan cruise in August, she brought me back a sweater from Alaska. TIL: All sweaters are not created equal. 
. Its 40 degrees in Houston and Im out here talking about, "I may have over dressed.."
. Its 40 degrees in Houston and Im out here talking about, "I may have over dressed.."
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We back…I hope lol. Y’all gave me trust issues with that 2nd shut down
Beruseruku Desu
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Stadium Goods is closing their store in NYC.
Sneaker resell days really is dead
Sneaker resell days really is dead
- Apr 11, 2006
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If this world was mine.. they need to get at me for my own hot dog honey mustard onions and relish 
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Random(not really): If your house burns down, do you still own the plot of land?
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i believe so.. i also read that you have to pay mortgage on your house even if it burns down.
"allegedly"
