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Post by hb on Dec 22, 2016 8:03:42 GMT -5
I don't think Admin on IES cares at all, it's obvious, this happens all the time. It's time to make a new website with the normal chat box, and caring Admin!
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Post by amanda on Dec 22, 2016 14:55:22 GMT -5
If I recall correctly the owner is a man named Rich and he owns a bunch of other support-type forums for different things (they look exactly like IES but with different material.) Sadly he's just in it to make money but since there really isn't any other alternative people continue to go to IES despite no active or caring admin.
Pretty sure that's him in the video.
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Post by Razzle on Dec 22, 2016 16:50:12 GMT -5
OOohhhhh! Amanda I vaguely remember learning abut this!
If it's actually true that he is the owner/admin, then I agree with migrating to a new site, like this one. And getting the word out on the original IES site through more post titles as well as emet facebook and Reddit pages.
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Post by Koiz on Dec 22, 2016 22:04:37 GMT -5
This is horrible. Truly horrible. Why would he do that??
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Post by Hotsnakes on Dec 23, 2016 0:43:07 GMT -5
For real the worst time for it to go down! With the holidays and the food and all the people. Ugh!
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Post by scared731 on Dec 23, 2016 16:41:57 GMT -5
Hey guys,
I'm so glad there's a backup site for IES, I was crying and freaking out so bad after the original had problems:(
I think Sage was one of the admins, but I haven't seen her active a lot... I'm not very sure.
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frisklock
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Post by frisklock on Dec 23, 2016 20:16:18 GMT -5
I think I prefer this forum to IES. Whilst IES being down is a royal pain in the backside, this forum seems more homely to me and it's calming. I've made a Reddit post directing users of IES to this forum (https://www.reddit.com/r/emetophobia/comments/5k0kr9/new_forum_for_those_who_cant_access_the/) to try and get it out there
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Post by Jess44246 on Dec 23, 2016 23:42:38 GMT -5
"sage," or Anna, is the friend of the admin that I contacted. She said she would contact the admin but the admin has done nothing. I will contact her again tomorrow and hopefully she will tell me that the admin is working on it. But until then, anyone there who wants to talk will come here.
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Post by Razzle on Dec 23, 2016 23:45:12 GMT -5
We have to keep plugging the board. I am not one to do that but hey, if the site is failing and no one is working on it, it's fair game.
It's sad to see new people on there posting. It's a tease too, because those who are signed out can still enter posts so from a guest's perspective it's fine. Once you log in though you get the error messages.
I'm about to start "replying" to people via thread titles to direct them here.
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Post by Koiz on Dec 24, 2016 17:13:04 GMT -5
Good plan, razzle. I hate that there are new people, terrified people, that found it and thought they finally had a safe space and now no one can help them.
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Post by Jess44246 on Dec 26, 2016 3:00:15 GMT -5
At least they can see that there is a new site for the IES and hopefully come before wasting their time making their post there.
I am contacting Anna today.
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Post by alexj on Dec 27, 2016 1:36:16 GMT -5
I'd like to thank you for making this forum! I think we should make this our main emetophobia forum -- since the IES creator just cares about money and could care less about fixing the database error.
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Post by andromeda on Dec 27, 2016 20:55:33 GMT -5
I hate to say, but it's true. I have been an IES member since 2010 and over the last year and a half, the IES admin has been ghost. I actually think it's been a lot longer, but he has logged in from time to time, but hasn't actually been active since early 2013.
There have been other forums that have stemmed from IES, some "Anti IES" but overall I think that IES is on its way out. This seems to be a trend. I know a lot of members have already switched over to the IES secret faecbook group. - which is one option. Another option, of course, is a separate forum like this one!
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Post by Koiz on Jan 1, 2017 19:07:42 GMT -5
Any news on the Anna/admin contact thing?
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Post by Jess44246 on Jan 2, 2017 2:08:32 GMT -5
Any news on the Anna/admin contact thing? None. I think we should all just forget the IES. The only thing this site is missing is the "chat now," but we still have messaging anyways. The admin and moderators on the original site clearly don't care anymore, and here we have admins and moderators (count me in) that care.
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