bphlpt Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 (edited) Ryan has been overwhelmed lately with spam posts on his phpBB based forum, so is thinking of just chucking the whole thing and shutting it down. So for any of you who have ever visited RyanVM, please go here - https://ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=22279 - and post your thoughts. TIA ========================================= posted by RyanVM: Hey all, after logging in today for the first time in awhile and seeing over 10,000 spam posts awaiting moderation and seeing very little in the way of new posts lately, it's got me thinking long and hard about whether it's worth keeping this site alive anymore. I'm strongly considering making everything read-only and stopping new registrations. It's been a heck of a run, but all things eventually come to an end. I'll give it a couple days to think it over more. Let me know if you have a reason to strongly object. Edited October 20, 2019 by bphlpt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 With all due respect, if it unmaintainable it doesn't actually *need* to be killed (killing with it years of shared knowledge). It should be possible to simply block new membership or even putting it in "read only mode". jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcinwwl Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 This or promoting new spam-killing mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bphlpt Posted October 20, 2019 Author Share Posted October 20, 2019 I, and others, have told him that, I'm just asking for others to also post at RyanVM to give Ryan some encouragement and add their voices to the suggestions. As you say, jaclaz, it would be a shame to lose a site with the "years of shared knowledge" that are there. Cheers and Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimc Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Posted not to shut down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntMD Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 (edited) Seems that ryanvm is down as of today, Accessing the site and the forum shows a 404 Not Found error. The "Down for Everyone or Just Me" service also reports the site as down. Hopefully this won't be the end. Edited November 10, 2019 by IntMD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 I confirm it's down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PretzelsFox Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Does anyone have an archive of the site? Maybe it would be a good idea if someone hosted a read-only version of the site, as it had some good information on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimc Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 So much for posting not too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumper Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 So we need another place to discuss MSFN.org state - RyanVM.net Discussion Board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimc Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 (edited) This forum (at msfn.org) seems quite active, most of the time. Edited November 11, 2019 by wimc clarify forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 40 minutes ago, wimc said: This forum (at msfn.org) seems quite active, most of the time. It is just an emergency check-in thread. We could look into getting a thread at Reboot or in the AutoIT forum (two I can think of with some existing membership crossover). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcinwwl Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Sure, but what's the future of RyanVM? Down for good or will someone post it as read-only, o at least extract unique content somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Thornton Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I was going to go post a "stay online" plea as well, but the site is down for me too. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harkaz Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Windows XP SP4 thread (along with a few others) has been mostly archived, but some pages are missing: https://web.archive.org/web/20191105073426/https://ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10321 We need a full snapshot of the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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