History lesson -please

[Brushpup]

Great post OP. I've wondered about the history here myself, only knowing little tidbits about banning etc.

James,

How is that forum doing now, and does this sort of predation still go on? Just curious if you know.

Originally Posted by Gedanken

The forum gained critical mass when a bunch of us moved over from another forum.

On the other forum, the moderators, led by their administrator, had an annual habit of going after one particular member for no good reason. This time round JJ was the target, and the final straw was when they told JJ that if he wanted to continue posting on the forum, he was to avoid mentioning any of their threatening PMs to the public. They wanted to have free rein and zero accountability.

A swag of us left, and Daren (dman) found TRF, which had been sitting for a while with little activity. After surviving a few hacking attempts in the first few weeks, Mark (the founder of the forum) got the security sorted out and the forum's been on the up and up ever since.if