Fellows, as I said in the opening post, I registered much earlier (early 2014) on that forum with the same nick I use here. Some months ago I logged in, without finding any relevant warnings. My account was disabled, though (not even able to edit my profile nor change anything).
Can't remember if I ever made a post there. Maybe, as a n00b, asked or said something “stupid” back then (like how cool is the Ultrafire SK98 flashlight, got one plus a chinese charger and a couple of LG 18650B4 batteries for ≈$20 back then). LoL!
I think considering it a badge of honor is a good idea.
Date you’ll miss them: Never.
Date some people will unsaddle from their very high horse and stop acting like petty dictators: Never.
We’re glad you’re here.
Vinh is the only one who makes it worthwhile to maintain an account there. Granted, he’s the exact opposite of budget, but he’s a good guy and he does really good work.
I still hang out on cpf some. I don’t hate it there, but I only use it for cpf-type stuff. Both of these communities have a place, even though one of them is definitely a lot more friendly and laid back, and honestly just more fun to be here. But sometimes cpf fills a need too.
That said, this afternoon Chrome started labeling it as a known phishing site and blocking connections. And now its “closed” altogether. So I don’t know what’s going on over there but they seem to be having some issues.
I’ve been on CPF for a little while now and actually been quite active and stayed in line on there site pretty much everyday for the past couple months. As others have said, today the site is hacked or something, so I came over here and this was the first post I read. Cracked me up major.
For the last few days, Google search result links to CPF have randomly been redirecting to a sketchy download page on a site called “MyFilestore”. Today Chrome and Firefox started identifying it as a suspicious site. There was a thread about it in on the forum where a bunch of idiots were being extremely productive by reporting it to Google as inaccurate. The admins then took down the site and posted a link to their Facebook page with no further information, and now the forum is down completely.
Yup, It’s what brought me back over here, which is by far the best part of CPF being down. Maybe someone over there pissed of the wrong fellow. LOL. I have to say, although I love CPF, that site is ALWAYS chugging and lagging. Oh well, I love BLF too, and I’m glad I ended up back over here. In a small way, I feel as if I’ve been knocked back into a state of reasonableness. I feel like I’m seeing a lot more avenues to good, useful information around BLF.
Mmm, that sheesh about the “MyFilestore” crap… I suffered two or three of those site redirections early yesterday while accessing the site (to attain my badge, of course ).