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I was wondering what had happened!
I logged on at one stage in the middle of the night US time and the whole Curve site was down, I thought that was it, another casualty of the credit crisis.
Good to see it's back!
I'm what one would call a lurker, mostly because I don't know what to say most of the time. But I found Curve when I was 15 or 16, 7 odd years ago and it has been so important to me and been an amazing resource back in the lonely closet days.
And it's something I tell all my new gay recruits about!
Thanks curve, and thanks for the work you do here Ju1ie.
July 28, 2010
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Thread: We were down, but we're back.
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September 18th, 2008 12:09 am #1
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We were down, but we're back.
Hi, all.
As I'm sure all of you noticed, we were out of commission for about a day. This was due to a remodel of the total Curve site.
In fact, you'll notice the boards have a different URL now. www.curvemag.com/speak is no longer around and curveconversations.com is our new home.
We'll be doing a bit more housekeeping and upgrading the vBulletin software. I don't know when that will be complete, but I will keep you posted.
I don't get a chance often to say so, but you posters, and lurkers, are the reason we're here. You're appreciated and valued. I found Curve seven-plus years ago, after a nasty breakup. I was lonely and knew absolutely nobody but my ex and her family, and Curve was part of my therapy. I don't post much anymore, but this place is hallowed ground to me, and I know that's true for some of you as well. And for some of you, it's just a fun place to play while you're bored at work or at home.
In any case, thank you for your participation here. You're what makes this place so special.
Thanks,
Julie
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September 18th, 2008 12:21 am #2
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September 18th, 2008 04:27 am #3
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I was wondering what happened! Took me an entire day to figure out how to get on here. I hope I wasn't the only one...
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September 18th, 2008 04:39 am #4
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You were not alone freedom. I thought I was the only one who couldn't find the door yesterday
Julie I think most of us understand that upgrading and housekeeping are necessary from time to time. We also appreciate the time and effort you and the moderators give of yourselves and for no personal gain to keep these boards the wonderfully welcoming and safe place that they are. But you know, a little forewarning would have saved a lot of people a lot of stress.
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September 18th, 2008 04:50 am #5
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I will say one thing, I am thankful that I had some email addresses / myspace people to contact in my o-m-g-moments. lol. So, no, Freedom, you were certainly NOT alone!
"Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it."
– Benjamin Franklin
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September 18th, 2008 05:09 am #6
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Yay! We're baaaaaaack. Good to see everyone. Missed y'all
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September 18th, 2008 06:01 am #7
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I'm more of a lurker than a poster, only because everyone says exactly what I'm feeling mostly, but I would miss this site so much if it wasn't here any more. I don't say it, but you gals have helped me out more than a few times when I was feeling low, and all without you even knowing it!
I'm glad everyone is still here!!!!
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September 18th, 2008 06:10 am #8
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Re: We were down, but we're back.
Ooooooh, any idea what VB features you'll be adding???Originally posted by Ju1ie
...We'll be doing a bit more housekeeping and upgrading the vBulletin software...
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September 18th, 2008 11:43 am #9
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Very cool to be back!
I came back to the site the other day, after my computer had crashed over the weekend. I was using a 9 year old laptop and thought that maybe I couldn't get onto Curve because of the age of the computer. My other thought was that the site itself died because another site I frequent did that for a whole month! It all of a sudden went down in mid-August, and they just got it back up and running last week. So losing TW first and losing Curve threw me back for a minute. TW I don't care too much about anymore. I troll there as much as I've trolled around here lately. But I find myself speaking up more on Curve every so often then I do TW.
But at any rate, I'm rambling and I just want to say thanks to the IT people for creating and maintaining a wonderful site. Thanks to the Admins for keeping us in check. Thanks to the lurkers, the trollers, the regular posters for voicing your opinions, thoughts, feedback and what ever else is on your mind.
"You think you can hide what you are? You can’t. Not even from yourself." - Lodz (Patrick Bauchau) to Ben Hawkins (Nick Stahl), Carnivale; season 1, episode 4 ("Black Blizzard")
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September 18th, 2008 09:36 pm #10
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Whew! I was a little worried this forum had disappeared forever. It made me sad.....
Glad the forum is back. Love this place!"We ask ourselves, ‘who am I to be so brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?’ Actually, who are we not to be?"
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September 19th, 2008 10:24 am #11
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what she said. this place is a BIG part of my life!Originally posted by banjo
Whew! I was a little worried this forum had disappeared forever. It made me sad.....
Glad the forum is back. Love this place!
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September 24th, 2008 05:32 pm #12
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Wheewwwwww, what they all said
I thought it was was technotardness or something like that
A dream without a plan is merely hallucination.
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September 1st, 2009 03:14 pm #13
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As some of you know, the Curve forums went down last week, and those of us who rely upon the forums for freedom of expression, found this very disconcerting. We have set up a Yahoo account as a backup.
Here's the link to the yahoo group we use as a backup.
Curvecommunity
You'll need a Yahoo ID to join, but that's easy to get. It's just a place to reconnect if something happens to the boards here.
Also, the direct link into the forums without going through the magazine, (though we do love the magazine), is www.curveconversations.com
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September 2nd, 2009 06:13 pm #14
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Yaay!!! It's back. I thought Curve had completely switched to Facebook and abandoned the board.
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September 2nd, 2009 06:50 pm #15
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I finally joined the yahoo board as backup. Thanks to those who started it!
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