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spam? staging... what is this?

Posted: 19 Apr 2017, 12:12
by ShivaYash

Posted: 19 Apr 2017, 16:52
by Stabilized
Wow ronnykingfug is really very active on that forum, he also seems to offer a lot of writing services :lol:

Posted: 19 Apr 2017, 19:06
by ohaimark
That is audacious and horrifying. The spammers found out that they couldn't post here, so they cloned our site! :shock:

Posted: 19 Apr 2017, 20:00
by seebart
ohaimark wrote: That is audacious and horrifying. The spammers found out that they couldn't post here, so they cloned our site! :shock:
WTF ?!? :o :x

Posted: 19 Apr 2017, 20:15
by webwit
It's our testing site to test new phpBB software. Matt3o set it up. This is what deskthority looks like without any modifications.

Posted: 19 Apr 2017, 20:20
by seebart
I like to make up stories too sometimes webwit. :|

Posted: 19 Apr 2017, 23:32
by ohaimark
I like my story better.

Re: spam? staging... what is this?

Posted: 19 Apr 2017, 23:37
by ShivaYash
ohaimark wrote:I like my story better.
Me too.


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Posted: 19 Apr 2017, 23:39
by webwit
I just made up my story.

Posted: 20 Apr 2017, 00:44
by Daniel Beardsmore

Posted: 20 Apr 2017, 01:24
by Findecanor
ohaimark wrote: That is audacious and horrifying. The spammers found out that they couldn't post here, so they cloned our site! :shock:
Off-topic: Something similar but worse actually happened to a large US-based forum I am on back in 2011.
Spoiler:
A Russian hacker managed to steal the domain name and the database with the forum content. The hacker cloned the original forum complete with all its content and set it up at his own server with the original domain name!
It took months for the real admins to make the registrar change it back, during which time the fake site attracted new members, ad revenue... as well as shitposts from old members who knew that it was fake, of course.

There was even a run of T-shirts. This is mine. It shows the forum's logo with an added red star and "Wolverines" as a reference to the '80s/cold war movie Red Dawn.
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Now the crossed-over URL is again correct and it is the replacement URL that leads astray ... :roll:

Posted: 20 Apr 2017, 02:14
by ohaimark
Now I'm confused, Webwit. What is real? What is fake? I don't even know anymore.

Posted: 20 Apr 2017, 02:49
by fohat
Precisely the point.

Fact-checkers come forth!

Posted: 20 Apr 2017, 04:55
by ohaimark
A quick record lookup shows that it's being hosted at the same IP as deskthority.org, so it probably is a test site that isn't moderated at the moment.

Posted: 20 Apr 2017, 05:34
by seebart
ohaimark wrote: Now I'm confused, Webwit. What is real? What is fake? I don't even know anymore.
In line with his recent behavior. :roll: :|

Posted: 20 Apr 2017, 12:34
by webwit
I was just kidding, it is ours. :mrgreen:

Or is it? :?