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Cyburbans 🧐 The Cyburbian Emeritus Thread

Can we get the first post to list names with links to their profiles? I will add / edit that if everyone is good with it.
 
Hink said:
Can we get the first post to list names with links to their profiles? I will add / edit that if everyone is good with it.
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Go ahead and edit my first post. If that doesn't work we can unstick mine and stick the new one.
 
SlaveToTheGrind said:
donk, Budgie, PlannerGirl, Mastiff, otterpop, Duke Of Dystopia?
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Lots of members move along in their lives and stop posting on forums/various media. It doesn't necessarily mean they have passed.
If you use the members feature, you can search for when a member last visited. @Budgie hasn't visited since 3-2-11 but @Tide was here as recently as 3-27-23.
 
Gedunker said:
Lots of members move along in their lives and stop posting on forums/various media. It doesn't necessarily mean they have passed.
If you use the members feature, you can search for when a member last visited. @Budgie hasn't visited since 3-2-11 but @Tide was here as recently as 3-27-23.
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Yes, I stated as such in a different thread asking about past members which lead to this thread.
 
And Jaws! He was a virtuoso-level troll but it make for good threads.

Web 1.0 Forums of all types have been decimated by social media for a long time now (I was part of a few car and music forums that have all but died), but FB is a zoo of misinformation now, and Reddit seems like it's on the way out now that they've destroyed their public image. Maybe there can be a forum resurgence?
 
MacheteJames said:
Maybe there can be a forum resurgence?
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I have a strong inkling this may be part of Web 3.0, similar to how the A/V streamers have all come back to realizing the ad-supported system was the optimal format of revenue generation.

Cyburbia's interface is well optimized for desktop, tablet and phone hardware formats ( all hail @Dan ), so accessibility should be easy for those that wish to return/start.
 
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MacheteJames said:
Whatever happened to Tide? And Cardinal? And CPSURaf? And the legendary ChocolateChip?
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Alive! Just under a different handle "arcplans". My posting has really really dropped with increasing responsibility at my job, being a homeowner, and now dealing with teens. If you go back to the wayback machine I talk about my toddler daughter... she is starting college next week.
 
MacheteJames said:
And Jaws! He was a virtuoso-level troll but it make for good threads.

Web 1.0 Forums of all types have been decimated by social media for a long time now (I was part of a few car and music forums that have all but died), but FB is a zoo of misinformation now, and Reddit seems like it's on the way out now that they've destroyed their public image. Maybe there can be a forum resurgence?
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Honestly, I think online forums really was the best layout. They lost popularity with the other mediums, even though they never seemed as good.
 
MacheteJames said:
Whatever happened to Tide? And Cardinal? And CPSURaf? And the legendary ChocolateChip?
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Still alive and well just no time for "extras" like cyburbia, especially when the city I work for has led the state in total growth the past 2 years. That and half my 6 kids play soccer which I am the coach of one team. I'm on Facebook and Linkedin with some of you, even met a few face to face over my years. Private Message me if you want to connect.
 
arcplans said:
Alive! Just under a different handle "arcplans". My posting has really really dropped with increasing responsibility at my job, being a homeowner, and now dealing with teens. If you go back to the wayback machine I talk about my toddler daughter... she is starting college next week.
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Wow!

I had some projects with tight deadlines, so I couldn't check in during work hours for a while. You never know when a supervisor is going to walk by your cube.
 
Whose Yur Planner said:
What about our favorite trolls that we banned and blocked several times?
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Maister said:
Well they wouldn't be missed now would they?
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I believe that if I say Urban 19's name three times while looking in a mirror in the dark, they will appear in my bathroom mirror and curse my household and maybe drag me to a Forever 21 in the Upside Down where I will be asked repeatedly by undead mall-rats if I think I'm in a Lifestyle Center or a Power Center.
 
Whose Yur Planner said:
What about our favorite trolls that we banned and blocked several times?
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I sometimes ask myself whether Im a troll or not. All I seem to want to do these days is post about these:

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I think we might need to add our dear old friend @78rpm aka "Shellac & Vinyl Velocity". Shelly and I were in touch over the years and often talked about odd/eccentric subjects, and we spoke last at the end of 2022 around the time she really began to suffer from the complications of Kidney Disease. I didn't know her Government name so I have not been able to find an obituary.

Shelly if you are still with us, we miss you.
 
The Terminator said:
I think we might need to add our dear old friend @78rpm aka "Shellac & Vinyl Velocity". Shelly and I were in touch over the years and often talked about odd/eccentric subjects, and we spoke last at the end of 2022 around the time she really began to suffer from the complications of Kidney Disease. I didn't know her Government name so I have not been able to find an obituary.

Shelly if you are still with us, we miss you.
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I always enjoyed her takes on different subjects and she would reach out to me when I was going through some stuff.
 
The Terminator said:
I think we might need to add our dear old friend @78rpm aka "Shellac & Vinyl Velocity". S
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Her last login was in March 2024.

I know she lives (lived?) in Queensl. Thing is, not too many people in NYC have obits in the big 4 newspapers, and looking for online obituaries for everybody named Shelly, Michelle, Shelley, etc would be a daunting task, at least for a NYC borough. I hope she's okay, but if not, thank you for hanging out with us. :)

(If she turns out to be alive, I'll delete this.)

The Terminator said:
I sometimes ask myself whether Im a troll or not. All I seem to want to do these days is post about these:

(Fairmont)
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My first car was a 1981 Ford Granada,. Just sayin'.
 
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