Renewing membership

[Karlos]

Vincent wrote:

Karlos wrote:
See dude, I'm not the only one who thinks you should stick around.

Add my name to that list :-)

Is it time for petitiononline, yet?

[the_leander]

I'll still be around, just not here is all.

My IM details are in my profile if you're that desperate to chat to me :-)

[Doobrey]

adz wrote:
I fear the nasty stench of death may soon be upon us all :-(

Nah..you`re getting it confused with Bloodline`s sock, apparently they smell pretty similar.


Oh well, that`s another thread buggered.

[billchase]

Whats the big deal about passwords resetting?  I fail to
see the dilemia here.  Just update your email address and
all is fine.

C Snyder

[Karlos]

@billchase

It isn't the password resetting that is the issue. I believe it was just chosen as a natural opportunity to leave by simply not renewing and hence fading out of existance after the reset.

It seems to me that the real reason for leaving is based on a misunderstanding regarding where the site goes from here, in the general sense. Wayne appears to have made it clear in the new reminder thread that he isn't about to radically change the place any time soon.

I'd hope that nobody leaves based on a misunderstanding.

/me makes enormous hint guestures towards the_leander :-)

[T_Bone]

Nobody leaves untill they've taken the oath of omerta.

[ltstanfo]

the_leander wrote:
On the 31st of this month, Wayne will we know be sending out new random passwords for us all.

But I feel its time to move on and this password update provides me with a clean break to do so. Take care guys, I'll miss you all.

Leander,

I think you have misunderstood what is about to occur in a few days.  Wayne is NOT CHANGING THE SITE.  All he is asking people to do is (before March 31) verify that their email listed in their profile is correct.  Anyone can do this via the edit profile menu option.  PLEASE READ THE ANNOUNCEMENT.

As for your leaving, I personaly would hate to see you leave as I enjoy your posts but if the time has come, I wish you the best.

Regards,
ltstanfo

[Karlos]

@ltstanfo

Oh, I thought all passwords were going to be reset and that those of us remaining (ie with valid email addresses) needed to request a new one via the forgotten password trick?

[the_leander]

@Itstanfo

I read the announcement, but as Karlos stated earlier, I picked this time simply because it was convenient, I was (emphesis past tense) under the impression given by wayne that he was planning on breaking up amiga.org into an amiga only centric site (or indeed, letting it go the way of the old AWD) and a seperate coffeehouse site.

Nowhere in the announcement re the password change was there any inplication of amiga.org's closure nor did I read into that such a thing.

[Karlos]

Is it me, or did this thread just lose about 8 posts?

Bizzare. Our "mission critical" hosting server at work just rolled on it's back and croaked too.

I wonder what the third weird thing is? These random, unexpected and inexplicable things always come in threes.

(thinks: please God, let it be a pay rise)

[cecilia]

Is it me, or did this thread just lose about 8 posts?

it's a conspiracy against THE SOCK!!! :lol:

[Vincent]

It was maybe Wayne retracting a few posts... he's sounding really annoyed with the whole thing just now and maybe he's trying to calm down :-)

I can see his point, but this thread is just a bit of a big misunderstanding.  As so often happens here :-D

[ltstanfo]

[ltstanfo]

Karlos wrote:
@ltstanfo

Oh, I thought all passwords were going to be reset and that those of us remaining (ie with valid email addresses) needed to request a new one via the forgotten password trick?

You are correct Karlos.  I should have been a little more detailed in my post.  Yes, by verifying that you have a valid email address for your account, you will be able to request your temp password to your email. When you get it, you can log in to AO and reset the password to whatever you want.  This is a simple way of "pruning" old (inactive) accounts and hopefully those individuals who have hacked with bogus accounts.  AO is just trying to "clean house".

Regards,
ltstanfo