What happened to "Philosophy Forums"?
Used to be a quite active member there. Good, fully phpbb supported forum site with loads of good discussions. Very active. It was down for a while, just logged into it. It was no problem doing that but noone seems to have been posting there for months. It was like stepping into something similar to Tjernobyl. Is it active or is it not? Seems to be possible to post.
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It died (or was murdered to be more accurate). Many of the old regulars are here now though, so if you look around you're likely to recognize a few.
It was sold when someone made a ridiculous offer.
The people who bought it had no intention to maintain it or keep it running, just declaring it as a loss.
You can log-in but your posts are swallowed whole in the nether and the site doesn't update the threads.
We've got all the fledgedness we need here as far as I'm concerned, but forum software is a matter of taste I guess. However, if it's not being dead you're after primarily then you're in the right place.
Abandon hope all ye who enter there.
Any other questions?
And welcome to this fine successor.
I like that. We'll use our philosophy chops to address the old forum. How about this:
You are on a bridge standing next to the old forum and looking down. TPF is working on a trolley track and you see a train coming toward it. TPF doesn't see the trolley and the conductor doesn't see TPF. Do you push the old forum onto the tracks to stop the train or let it continue to crush TPF? What if it were TPF and President Trumps twitter feed?
Yes to old forum, Twitter feed or even Trump himself. :)
I don't know. The sale was private -- the old forum site was owned by an individual (Paul); somebody bought the site for unknown reasons and then let it languish. This one is owned by Jamalrob. "Somebody" has to own the site -- as far as I know, there is no such thing as a sovereign URL. Corporations are persons, but URLs haven't reached that status yet.
It was bought by this guy: https://angel.co/innovate
And a fine job of innovation the angel did. Maybe he was working for Trump.
Corporations are artificial persons for legal purposes only. As to whether natural persons are sovereign or ever were, that is a fascinating discussion for probably another thread. In any event, corporations are not sovereign (for example, under Max Weber's classic definition of sovereignty) and therefore if URLs reach the status of corporations, they probably won't be sovereign.
I prefer Cole's Law. But not too much mayonnaise.
Baden, stop making bad jokes.
I was geebus.
My nickname at PF was a twist on Tiff. Before I jumped the proverbial track I was SittinWSocratesTiff. I learned my moves from the coolest cat around Mayor of Simpleton :sparkle:
There are a few here with different nicknames but not many. Most retained their original nicknames.
No one remembers you. But hello.
I assume you are one of these no one's you speak for.
All I can say is: what do I care if a bunch of nobodies remember me
"No one" is the name of my cat. I was saying that she remembers you.
But no one else does.
Hello!
I'm content with that, afterall, I love pussy
Then you'll love @Noah Te Stroete.
Quoting Merkwurdichliebe
Hello.
Not as much as he’s gonna love your tits!
I was awesome.
Still am, but also was.
But I should reopen my account there and be an active member again.
Unfortunately, I'm very busy to even sustain a thread.
I have been trying to renew my commitment to philosophical discussions. I have acquired new books and even read up at work during break. Also, I've lost my little library -- a tiny collection of philosophy books. Which I wish to rebuild when I have the time.
Oh dear. That is a real tragedy.