Purch Acquires AnandTech, Dominates Tech Expert and Enthusiast Market

[MongGrel]

whatever you do, don't delete the lifer subforum! i only got ~ 700 posts to go before i get my golden ticket!

It's hard to find....

*Psst, watch out for brian, one wrong move and you'll be immortalized in prose *

 

[alkemyst]

Not for registered members. Just sayin'.

I agree with this. We have drifted to far to anon levels lately especially with thinly veiled threats in sub forums like L&R.

People tell me I shouldn't post such details there.

 

[Jaskalas]

What we should take away from this is you all take the forum very personally.

Like a home on the internet that you've committed years to. This level of community is the glue that popularized Anandtech. We keep coming back, we tell everyone we cross about this place. Or at least I hope we do.

The site and its forum have a fandom, like a TV series.

 

[RossMAN]

jpishgar,

I know you said "no changes", several times, business as usual. If any radical changes were implemented, not at the request of forum members, when do you guess it would happen?

Next week, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year from now, etc.?

Perhaps some current/former TomsHardware members can comment on when the changes happened there?

Also will a formal announcement regarding the acquisition be sent to all forum members via e-mail? There are tens of thousands forum members who haven't visited in months or years, perhaps they'll welcome our new overlords and become active again?

Thanks.

 

[alkemyst]

What we should take away from this is you all take the forum very personally.

Like a home on the internet that you've committed years to. This level of community is the glue that popularized Anandtech. We keep coming back, we tell everyone we cross about this place. Or at least I hope we do.

The site and its forum have a fandom, like a TV series.

Mostly it's noobs though and when a noob attacks some of the old guard back them up on certain members.

That certain member says "Hey, I have two thumbs pointing at me!"

 

[alkemyst]

jpishgar,

I know you said "no changes", several times, business as usual. If any radical changes were implemented, not at the request of forum members, when do you guess it would happen?

Next week, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year from now, etc.?

Perhaps some current/former TomsHardware members can comment on when the changes happened there?

Also will a formal announcement regarding the acquisition be sent to all forum members via e-mail? There are tens of thousands forum members who haven't visited in months or years, perhaps they'll welcome our new overlords and become active again?

Thanks.

Think HR.

 

[RossMAN]

What's HR?

 

[zinfamous]

Are the forums moving? Because we've got some legit old-timers here, and I'm worried that they wouldn't make it.

Boomer wouldn't even get across the Missouri, and I think that Olds, like a mama hamster approaching winter, will just lock the door and devour all the prisoners in his basement before anyone can drag him out.

 

[zinfamous]

ooo, I just noticed that the hotline is back up! :awe:

 

[Ruptga]

Alky nobody cares how victimized you are, what a badass you are, or how you can believe both of those things are true at the same time. Stop trying to take over this thread.

Actually no, please keep going so you can get a third mod quote and probably a ban. Shoot for the stars, brother.

 

[alkemyst]

What's HR?

 

[alkemyst]

Alky nobody cares how victimized you are, what a badass you are, or how you can believe both of those things are true at the same time. Stop trying to take over this thread.

Actually no, please keep going so you can get a third mod quote and probably a ban. Shoot for the stars, brother.

You have issues.

 

[alkemyst]

ooo, I just noticed that the hotline is back up! :awe:

He should do a party line like back in the 80's and 90's.

My days are numbered here for being too honest.

Much like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nXGPZaTKik

 

[Ryan Smith]

Are the forums moving? Because we've got some legit old-timers here, and I'm worried that they wouldn't make it.

The forums aren't moving. The forums are part of AnandTech and it's my plan to keep it that way.

 

[jpishgar]

If any radical changes were implemented, not at the request of forum members, when do you guess it would happen?

No radical changes made not at the request of forum members. Actually, no radical changes at all. Radical changes are generally disruptive. How utterly dumb it would be to go and start making radical changes to a fully functioning, growing community?

Also will a formal announcement regarding the acquisition be sent to all forum members via e-mail?

Not that I'm aware of. Wouldn't want to spam everyone unnecessarily.

Are the forums moving? Because we've got some legit old-timers here, and I'm worried that they wouldn't make it.

Ryan answered this pretty succinctly.

 

[Ichinisan]

Why is someone posting nonsense and trying to take over this thread?

 

[tfinch2]

Does this mean someone is going to actually fix the need to shut down the forums once a week for many hours to do maintenance?

 

[Ruptga]

Does this mean someone is going to actually fix the need to shut down the forums once a week for many hours to do maintenance?

Isn't it normally a bit more than once a week? I'm not sure how I feel about that. In a way it would be pretty nice, but if the forums never went down I'm not sure when I'd sleep.

 

[jlee]

Does this mean someone is going to actually fix the need to shut down the forums once a week for many hours to do maintenance?

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=37001475&postcount=9

Nope.

 

[BoomerD]

Are the forums moving? Because we've got some legit old-timers here, and I'm worried that they wouldn't make it.

Boomer wouldn't even get across the Missouri, and I think that Olds, like a mama hamster approaching winter, will just lock the door and devour all the prisoners in his basement before anyone can drag him out.

Hey...fuck off. I'll get there. I MIGHT be late for opening night, but I'll be there.

 

[BoomerD]

Does this mean someone is going to actually fix the need to shut down the forums once a week for many hours to do maintenance?

When else do they have time to read your PM's? :sneaky: ()

 

[qliveur]

When else do they have time to read your PM's? :sneaky: ()

lulz

 

[stormkroe]

Cough cough *term limits* cough cough

 

[bradley]

The name Conde Nast reminds one of travelling to exotic locales. Purch reminds one of scoring drugs in an abandoned parking lot at 2AM. I might just give ARS Technica a third and fourth chance.

 

[unixwizzard]

Purch reminds one of scoring drugs in an abandoned parking lot at 2AM.

to me it sounds like a play-on-words name dreamed up by some venture capitalist back in 1997 during the dot-com boom. (Purch.. as in we purchase things..)

and we all know how well that worked out