:'(
Oh my Gawd it's completely FUBAR :'( Really my heart hurts from seeing this. Silly ain't it but I can hardly breathe right now. Holy carp all my pm's are gone and the info I had stored in them..... b::: >:( >:( F' that I'm out!!!!!
I love it...
hahaha
but my login is all different now.. I'm just trying to steal my post templates from there first...
Holy crap. I knew it was gonna be bad, but it turns out I really had no idea. It takes a rare kinda stupid to make the beast with two backs up a place that thoroughly.
The king is dead. :'( Long live the king. be::
I can't even log back in!!! WTF?!?!?! b:::
I had good stuff in my PM's I wanted to dredge. Why do I fear they're gone!!!
Someone's already posted the link for this forum over on TOB...
I had maybe .... 8? All gone. *POOF!*
I had to go through and reset my password in order to login.
Check out the new registration pages.
There are now 4 levels of membership... :o
Good bye DML :'(
Hi DMF!!! be:: ;D
It won't let me log in. I'm waiting for a "forgot your password" request to send me something, even though I know for sure that I have not forgotten my password.
All I can say to them, and I quote, is: (http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/scottrnelson/SM/twofinger.gif)
That's horrible. I can't login, which is fine because I don't intend to go back, but I think they have fake members posting to keep folks interested. I saw a post that read something to the effect of "hey, I don't see any differences yet. Let's not panic until something really changes..." Yikes.
If anyone knows duc996, invite him over here-- ;:|
"I changed my name to duc996 a year and a half ago... it appears that I've lost that screen name as well as all the pm's.
Another problem is that my keyboard is ruined because when I logged on today for the first time I puked all over the place. New layout is painful."
can't log in
looks like crap
<cutting the DucatiMonster.org off my stickers>
Quote from: Lumbergh on May 06, 2008, 03:42:35 PM
If anyone knows duc996, invite him over here-- ;:|
"I changed my name to duc996 a year and a half ago... it appears that I've lost that screen name as well as all the pm's.
Another problem is that my keyboard is ruined because when I logged on today for the first time I puked all over the place. New layout is painful."
Yeah....it's totally make the beast with two backsed. Oh well, I"m glad I'm not there anymore. Hello DMF! dr::
I got on long enough to change my signature indicating that I've now bailed out.
Thanks to those who created this forum BEFORE the other one was screwed up. I'm hanging out here from now on.
i can't even log in. now deleted from my bookmarks. :'(
I'm not even going to bother to request a password. I was going to try to get banned but now it doesn't even seem worth the effort.
Ok so resetting the password was not that difficult although it certainly doesn't help if you want to retain your users. The actaul look an d aly out are aweful though. I have a headache now. I am glad to say I DMF has my full attention now.
As many have already said, Thank you for puting this together wt:
passwds weren't migrated, you *have* to reset
most pms are gone
speeddog is still listed as a mod
and
the grand finale
emails now come from "ducati monster forums"
so yeah, time for a name change? ;D
I'm not sure it's worth it to change my password just to step down as moderator of the gear forum. Hell, maybe tha's been done for me. Anyone wanna check?
I was tempted to login to get some more members over. Had I known it was going to happen so quick, I would've invited a few more last night.
It's definitely hideous now!
Quote from: sqweak on May 06, 2008, 04:21:33 PM
emails now come from "ducati monster forums"
so yeah, time for a name change? ;D
or a trademark application...
I'm a 'Premium' member, don't know why, I was not a titanium member
I'm almost broke into seizures when I visited the DML pu::
From what I can figure - if you were a Ti member, you're a default "Premium" member.
But even there, you still don't have access to the whole board. You need to cough up more $$ to go up in rank and privilege.
..AND ALL PM's ARE GONE! b:::
It breaks my heart, but I have to say, the new site sucks donkey balls.
Even if you get past the login/PM issues, the thing is as slow as Forrest Gump on a bad day. Watching each page load reminds me of when I used to log into Compuserve on a 300baud modem. Ack.
It really is a painful thing to behold. I'm so glad I quit yesterday.
Oh, and they really must've done a ton of QA between yesterday and this morning.
pu::
Quote from: tommys67 on May 06, 2008, 04:43:49 PM
From what I can figure - if you were a Ti member, you're a default "Premium" member.
But even there, you still don't have access to the whole board. You need to cough up more $$ to go up in rank and privilege.
..AND ALL PM's ARE GONE! b:::
I was Ti member over there, but I don't think I got a default "Premium Membership" as I can see all the ads.
I read some new member "PostWhore" hawking another board, saying something about a no-compete.... ???
Quote from: tommys67 on May 06, 2008, 04:43:49 PM
..AND ALL PM's ARE GONE! b:::
I still have some old PM's, ones that I thought I had deleted. The eleven messages I had saved are gone, though.
Several people have already send me new PM's asking how to get to this forum. That's how I learned that you can only reply to one every 60 seconds. I
did not get e-mail notification of those PM's, so I guess I'm going to have to keep checking in there for a while.
Besides, I need to post one more message, with photos of me peeling off the DML sticker and burning it. :e:v
can they really keep the .org if they are a FOR PROFIT company?
Quote from: ScottRNelson on May 06, 2008, 04:58:50 PM
I still have some old PM's, ones that I thought I had deleted. The eleven messages I had saved are gone, though.
Several people have already send me new PM's asking how to get to this forum. That's how I learned that you can only reply to one every 60 seconds. I did not get e-mail notification of those PM's, so I guess I'm going to have to keep checking in there for a while.
Besides, I need to post one more message, with photos of me peeling off the DML sticker and burning it. :e:v
it looks like the board got rolled back to a previous version, in some ways. i noticed a few folks had been reverted back to old names, etc.
Quote from: Le Pirate on May 06, 2008, 05:01:49 PM
can they really keep the .org if they are a FOR PROFIT company?
Yeah the .ORG was just an idea not a rule
Quote from: TCK! on May 06, 2008, 05:15:30 PM
Yeah the .ORG was just an idea not a rule
oh...that kinda sucks. I was hoping they would have to change to a .com and we could get our old URL back ;:|
Well, I went and checked it out. pu:: I was going to get my password and login so I could delete my account, but I registered years ago with a email address from my college, which I don't have anymore. Oh well, hopefully my post will all get pushed back to the old post pages, and Le Pirate will never be seen on the DML again.
co::
I discovered that you can turn off the "sidebar" in your profile (or at least I can) but that it also hides the site navigation!. What idiots.
Oh, and all the links in the FAQ are broken. Sigh.
Quote from: Count Desmo on May 06, 2008, 04:23:49 PM
I'm not sure it's worth it to change my password just to step down as moderator of the gear forum. Hell, maybe tha's been done for me. Anyone wanna check?
I was over there earlier cause I have a problem I want to clean up with my profile. I noticed that I still have acess to the mod forum in spite of my resignation yesterday. I don't thing that other stuart has time to keep up with the shit.
I also noticed that my resignation post in the mod forum is the last post there and I did that yesterday afternoon. It's deeeeeaaaad in mod land...
Quote from: Manny on May 06, 2008, 03:57:07 PM
i can't even log in. now deleted from my bookmarks. :'(
i cant log in either. havent decided if i will keep trying.
kind of F@cked up though. i had some parts sales/purchases going on.........dammit >:(
Yeah, I couldn't log in either; so fuk it - I came here ~ MUCH BETTER!!! wt:
no log in here as well
where in the world is the "i forgot PW"button
found it ,but i do the whole thing and it's not emailing me the new PW :bang :bang
It keeps telling me to wait 15 minutes!!!! make the beast with two backs them!
I can't get in either. I'm waiting on the "Forgot Your Password" bullshit too. I want to get back to change my sig like some of you did to tell those who stayed there I'm out.
I tried to pm some more people, and when you link to this site, they have it blocked!!!!! it comes out as http://***************************/index.php (http://***************************/index.php)
that is crazy!
I saw that too so I started to put it on their other site ducati.ms
If you can get back in, do so ASAP and DELETE YOUR OLD POSTS.
it's the only way you can prevent your work being taken and used in advertising you do not approve of.
It won't let me delete my old posts. Kept saying "error on page" at the bottom of the window...
+1 for not being able to log in... damn it...
I'm gonna start making phonecalls to all the local folks if I don't see them in the next day or two on here...
I had 3100+ posts and knew this was coming. It took me 3 1/2 hours to delete 1200 of 'em so I figured 'F 'em'... They can have my other 1900 posts because they're hollow...
They're hollow posts because I'm here and not there. I also made my stand and said I wouldn't return....and I won't.
I changed my profile picture on tob to (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2330/2472817260_fd502e2d84.jpg?v=0)
Don't know what they are gonna do about that
Quote from: Duck-Stew on May 06, 2008, 07:51:39 PM
I had 3100+ posts and knew this was coming. It took me 3 1/2 hours to delete 1200 of 'em so I figured 'F 'em'... They can have my other 1900 posts because they're hollow...
They're hollow posts because I'm here and not there. I also made my stand and said I wouldn't return....and I won't.
dang it, I had a whole crapload of posts too, wish I could delete some of em the older tech posts that I had up... but can't log in, so nothing to do..
you cant delete them anymore anyway.
Quote from: Vindingo on May 06, 2008, 08:18:03 PM
you cant delete them anymore anyway.
yeah, i just tried and couldn't so i replied to some 5 yo threads instead ;:|
I reckon this will be my primary hangout, but that's based mostly on the people who have moved here. They're the ones who know lots more than I do and whom I've come to trust for information.
What's interesting is that I hardly see any obvious changes in the other board. Certainly nothing that would arouse my ire as it clearly has with others. Really, all that's apparent to me is that Titanium Members don't exist and that somehow I've become a Premium Member. (I also noted that supposedly one can still order a Titanium membership kit!) Perhaps it's because I'm running Firefox with Adblock Plus. I don't really care enough to check the other site out with a different browser setup, though.
Don't worry, they've shot themselves in the foot anyway. Like I said, all of the links to significant posts in the FAQ section are screwed up and just take you to the "home" page.
Quote from: mstevens on May 06, 2008, 08:32:11 PM
What's interesting is that I hardly see any obvious changes in the other board. Certainly nothing that would arouse my ire as it clearly has with others. Really, all that's apparent to me is that Titanium Members don't exist and that somehow I've become a Premium Member. (I also noted that supposedly one can still order a Titanium membership kit!) Perhaps it's because I'm running Firefox with Adblock Plus. I don't really care enough to check the other site out with a different browser setup, though.
Yeah, if you set a bunch of settings in your profile, and have adblock turned on, you can hide a lot of the ads. But the page load on Safari is still way slower than the old board.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Train_wreck_at_Montparnasse_1895.png/464px-Train_wreck_at_Montparnasse_1895.png)
;:| ;:| ;:| ;:|
Quote from: Michael Moore on May 06, 2008, 08:37:34 PM
Yeah, if you set a bunch of settings in your profile, and have adblock turned on, you can hide a lot of the ads. But the page load on Safari is still way slower than the old board.
Good point on the page load time - it's awful, as is simply scrolling down a page. I guess there must be so many ads (even if my blocker prevents my seeing them) that it blows.
It really did make my heart ache, seriously, it was disturbing.
Ah well, it's just a domain name.
Quote from: aaronb on May 06, 2008, 08:22:42 PM
yeah, i just tried and couldn't so i replied to some 5 yo threads instead ;:|
You can- here's the deal: find your post, click edit. The text box appears but no buttons work; not save, go advanced, delete or cancel. However, the buttons in color under the post work. Click the same "edit" button at the bottom of the post and NOW a new window opens with a delete radio button at the top and editing box with full functions.
I suggest copy all - paste into a text doc so that you can derby your technical or helpful posts HERE - and replace the text on TOB with "edited by user to prevent advertising use" or something similar.
Also - about user pics - VBulletin is really powerful from the management standpoint, if they don't like your userpic, one click and your account doesn't display one. Best to use one they have to look at and try to figure out rather than something in-their-faces and obvious.
Quote from: hiero on May 06, 2008, 07:59:30 PM
dang it, I had a whole crapload of posts too, wish I could delete some of em the older tech posts that I had up... but can't log in, so nothing to do..
The thing to remember about logging in is that it's not "the old board" - user names exist but have to be activated like it's a brand new board. Also if you've ever changed user name you have to remember to request the password for the old one.
If you have a lot of writing on that board it's really, really important to go back in and cripple it; otherwise they win your work as a hyperlinked ad-fest, free content you made for their profit.
I can't encourage you guys enough to stick with the "re-registering" and password e-mail game, get back in there and re-claim your work.
Just because we *can* disable hyperlink ads on an individual basis doesn't mean every user/browser/casual visitor does. Anything someone like me looks up on a whim "hmm, chain cleaning" is a pop-up advertising MESS - with your name attached as author. ALSO they're playing games with the board settings; you have to really TRY to edit or delete posts, clicking the EDIT button twice because the first edit window doesn't work, and profiles reset to THEIR optimized default any time you open them - like "opt-in to our advertising" tickyboxes that reset to YES SPAM ME if you re-navigate to a window.
BTW: if you had your birthdate entered but set to private it's no longer private. One of their "optimized" settings. Good for marketing data, y'know.
:bang
Quote from: Unseelie on May 07, 2008, 07:13:26 AM
The thing to remember about logging in is that it's not "the old board" - user names exist but have to be activated like it's a brand new board. Also if you've ever changed user name you have to remember to request the password for the old one.
If you have a lot of writing on that board it's really, really important to go back in and cripple it; otherwise they win your work as a hyperlinked ad-fest, free content you made for their profit.
I can't encourage you guys enough to stick with the "re-registering" and password e-mail game, get back in there and re-claim your work.
....
:bang
They seem to have taken away the ability to edit posts. I was able to change a few last night but now I can't edit anything :bang
I was able to make some changes much earlier this morning (4 a.m.) but now cannot edit a thing that I have posted.
Yeah.
Maybe it's just me but earlier today I was able to find a few email addresses from people's profiles but now they have been edited out. Oh well. There are a few people who will have to find this place on their own now. ;)
Another interesting thing. If I try to log in to the DML immediately after surfing here it allows me to sign in but turns off my abilty to change a post or PM. If I close my browser and then go to the DML directly or from a different website all seems fine.
Oh well.. Who cares! r:e)
thanks unseelie, unfortunately it looks like I couldn't change any of my posts, but I did notice that my pictures are all still showing since I linked from outside source... unfortunately, the only way I could think of fixing that issue was to just delete my albums on the outside sources... I'll have to upload the pics again later, and it's a lot of work, but it's worth the effort...
The new board is uglier than chasing your mom around with a hardon...
I just sent the mod there a request for a "how-to" to delete my old posts.
I'm going to do that every day, possibly forever.
Quote from: hiero on May 07, 2008, 08:30:58 PM
thanks unseelie, unfortunately it looks like I couldn't change any of my posts, but I did notice that my pictures are all still showing since I linked from outside source... unfortunately, the only way I could think of fixing that issue was to just delete my albums on the outside sources... I'll have to upload the pics again later, and it's a lot of work, but it's worth the effort...
Just change the name of the pics on the host site. Problem solved...
Quote from: NAKID on May 07, 2008, 08:49:05 PM
Just change the name of the pics on the host site. Problem solved...
eh, too late, it was much easier to delete and reupload later than to go in and manually change the photo names :P
Quote from: hiero on May 07, 2008, 08:54:34 PM
eh, too late, it was much easier to delete and reupload later than to go in and manually change the photo names :P
Could've swapped the photos to porn ones with the same name. See how long before someone noticed.
The photo's for my spool install aren't even showing up there for some reason. If they ever do, I'll decide what to do then.
Quote from: someguy on May 07, 2008, 09:07:57 PM
Could've swapped the photos to porn ones with the same name. See how long before someone noticed.
hmmm, now that would seem a little vindictive... ;:|
curiosity visit yesterday [puke] doesn't even seem like our old house [puke]
Hey, the old place is now a very good source of reviews for all of the Jap bikes. Oh, and a Vespa. Just what I would want out of a Monster page. To bad they killed my log in. Just curious, the 23k members they are advertising, is that counting people like me that can't log in to kill their account?
i don't know. i went there out of curiosity & my user name is still there with some last log in info, but i didn't click onto anything. you can't delete your account?
Nope. Unless I am missing something. I think you have to log in and go to your profile to delete. It won't accempt my user name and password. I tried to contact someone to get things fixed, but no one replies.
VS won't let you delete your account anymore. Contacted admin to remove my posts and he politely told me to F**k O*F. (Fortunately I had removed quite a few posts / threads) My IP's for home/shop were blocked for weeks before the take over occurred anyways. (supposedly server problems)
Also wanted my "Monster of the Month" feature removed -- ixnay also. (not worth the $$$ to get a lawyer involved)
I was hoping VS would show up at motorcycles shows, MotoGP or other events like they mentioned upon TOB. I'd gladly go print t-shirts stating my personal opinion of them and have others wear at the event if they would like.
Hopefully they get their official status as a "Ducati Owners Club" revoked. That way they can't print / distribute clothing or merchandise with official Ducati logo's or to profit from their association with.
As for the number of users? Remember a few years ago the user database problem and losing the server for two weeks or so? The solution after rebuild was then to create new profiles and alias your old name -- it literally doubled the number of user profiles right there.
It was a great place and met a lot of great enthusiasts and friends due to that site. It's death wasn't needed or warranted.
note: I'm gearing up for a massive advertising and publicity for marketing of my lineup of new aftermarket parts for Ducati's (and other motorcycles). I can guarantee one thing -- I will never use their services or advertise on one of their websites due to their treatment of myself as a "individual user" within their forums.
(http://motocreations.com/dmf/dmlDeath.jpg)
Quote from: hiero on May 08, 2008, 06:16:10 AM
hmmm, now that would seem a little vindictive... ;:|
aaaah, but it's a sure-fire way to get the posts deleted. let them do the work!
[thumbsup]