And, if this site were to vanish suddenly one day, how would you find out why or what happened, get in touch with people - if you actually wanted to, of course!
I’m not on Facebook. I am on Twitter, for now, and Bluesky (for which I have invite codes) and Mastodon.
On one or more of the above, I’m linked in with the following:
Snay Liam Frank Chris (Siegfried) Stephen (Omega) Simon (Sol System) Bernd
… not a full list, that’s off the top of my head. Also, Krenny - tried DMing you but it says your inbox is full…
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Connected to Siegfried on FB, Fabrux on FB & IG. I occasionally see some second-orders throughbthem, but beyond that...
I was thinking about Jay The Obscure a little bit ago because I'm now in what was his general area & was headed out to his more specific area at the time.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I still exist. Pretty much only have an outside connection to anyone from here through Facebook.
Posted by Krenim (Member # 22) on :
I'm still here!
quote:Originally posted by Lee: Also, Krenny - tried DMing you but it says your inbox is full…
Geez, long forgot we even had that capacity. Went and cleared out some space.
Posted by Dukhat (Member # 341) on :
I’m still here, and plan to be here until Flare goes offline, or until I die, whichever comes first. TBH, though, I tend to post on the TrekBBS far more than here, but if I ever come across something really cool, I’ll be posting it here first.
And although I have Shik’s email address, I have zero contact info for anyone else here.
Posted by 137th Gebirg (Member # 2692) on :
I’m here. Always here…. Always watching…
Posted by StarCruiser (Member # 979) on :
Almost always silent as well.
Just another lurker, waiting to pounce.
Posted by Scott Nixon (Member # 540) on :
I'm still here. Longtime reader, almost never poster. I check in every few weeks to read whatever posts interest me (but without logging in). If Flare went down, I'd probably increase my reading of posts on TrekBBS.
Posted by Guardian 2000 (Member # 743) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dukhat: I’m still here, and plan to be here until Flare goes offline, or until I die, whichever comes first. TBH, though, I tend to post on the TrekBBS far more than here, but if I ever come across something really cool, I’ll be posting it here first.
Same.
Way back when, I'd "make my rounds", hobby-wise. Sometimes I still do, and when I do I still hit the same places I did years ago. Flare is always high on the list, if not first. I sometimes remember to swing by TrekBBS but, frankly, I often forget it.
As for contact, I can find Lee on Twitter or go hit up Phasers.net but that's about it.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
I don’t see why, I’ve not really updated it since before ST ‘09. I should just let it die: it needs a major site redesign, content update and upgrade to some sort of auto-generating website software. And I don’t have the time or the know-how to do that.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Yeah, that's what's been keeping me from making my own site again. That, & time. Been thinking about breaking it up onto a Tumblr, though.
Posted by akb1979 (Member # 557) on :
I pop in every now and then, but mostly I'm on Facebook, Twitter, various Discords.
My habits have changed. I keep thinking of this place and thus keep popping back but...
Is this place going to close? That would be sad. Many fond memories from here.
Do we have a Facebook I could join? Edit: apparently I'm already signed up there. I really need to dust things off more.
[ November 22, 2023, 05:19 PM: Message edited by: akb1979 ]
Posted by StarCruiser (Member # 979) on :
A lot of folks don't do Facef*ck so...?
Posted by Guardian 2000 (Member # 743) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lee: I don’t see why, I’ve not really updated it since before ST ‘09. I should just let it die: it needs a major site redesign, content update and upgrade to some sort of auto-generating website software. And I don’t have the time or the know-how to do that.
It's perfect just as it is. Static sites are the new hip thing, you know. And as I've said, I'll take it if you don't want it.
As for Flare, I've long feared the moment all the knowledge and history here disappear. Hell, it was useful not long ago regarding the "War Galaxy".
I pop in every now and then myself. Habits change.
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
Tardy, but present.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
Still here but unless there's Lower Decks or SNW's I guess I don't have much to post about. I miss the heydays of the 90s and early 00s when TNG, DS9, and VOY along with the movies going strong.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Moi.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
Still lurking
Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :
I thought this place was dead and all....
Posted by Guardian 2000 (Member # 743) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mucus: Still lurking
And Mucus moves into second place after Krenim for "Lowest User Number" in the thread. (Charles, for reference, is #9.)
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Looks like the only people with lower numbers that Charles are Altair, Baloo, and Bernd, who haven't been here since 2008, 2010, and 2020, respectively.
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
The numbers are an artifact of the early UBB versions storing user records as files named according to the selected login names. Those were converted into numeric records without regard to regdates.
Also, given my regdate is March 12, 1999, this place is an utterly terrifying 25 years old.
Within the next weekish I'm going to be sending out an email to everyone (that hasn't opted out) inviting them back to say hi. First there's some other work to be done, like making this place reasonably browsable on phones.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
I have no problem browsing it. Chrome & Brave, Android 10, on a Huawei Mate 20X.
Posted by Dukhat (Member # 341) on :
I love Flare and will always check the site out, but I would also love for it to have a massive update.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Every time I come here, I see this thread and think "Oh, I'm still here!" and completely forgotten I've already posted.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
I’m here at times still. It’s a good place. Posted by Capt. Kaiser (Member # 10511) on :
Yo im here Posted by Guardian 2000 (Member # 743) on :
quote:Originally posted by Shik: I have no problem browsing it.
Same at least until some nitwit -- usually me -- posts some frame-breaking megapic, but that's most board software.
Posted by Guardian 2000 (Member # 743) on :
quote:Originally posted by Charles Capps: The numbers are an artifact of the early UBB versions storing user records as files named according to the selected login names. Those were converted into numeric records without regard to regdates.
That makes me feel better about 743 from November 2001.
"22 *years* ... would they even recognize me?"
quote:Also, given my regdate is March 12, 1999, this place is an utterly terrifying 25 years old.
We missed the 25th Anniversary? Or am I recalling that this was a sort of second generation of the board?
Hey, on the bright side, it should be well nigh unhackable since I'm pretty sure that means it was programmed in punch cards and running on a curiously snappy PDP-1. ;-)
(Still, backups. I'd even host a mirror.)
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Or am I recalling that this was a sort of second generation of the board?
Third or fourth, even? I would be inclined to count from the old UP board, which I started lurking on in the latter half of 1997. Not sure how old it was at that point. Probably no more than a year, if that?
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
I actually found a version of that saved on my hard drive recently, but I was too lazy to go find it again before posting.
Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :
I pop in occasionally, for old times sake. Like today.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Hamayoon!!
Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lee: Hamayoon!!
How are you doing Lee? It's been a while.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Muddling along… you?
Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lee: Muddling along… you?
Same, but taking it relatively easy compared to before. My eldest is now only a few years off the age I was when I first discovered the original incarnation of Flare, so am spending more time at home.
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