I saw this advertised on eBay (a sponsored link):
http://www.aussiefrenchcars.com/?gclid=CNCU8LiV76QCFQjObgodeVG01g

Did the founder of this new forum know about AF? Perhaps he/she has friends at Godaddy?

I see mlb has also found it and has the distinction of being the first (apart from the mod) to post there!

Nup. Staying loyal to the original. There's only one aussiefrogs and nothing could replace it.

and 'aussiefrenchcars' doesn't exactly roll of the tongue...sounds like a poor imitation...not that it's on its lonesome in that (must be the week for it)

checkout the Wanted add...heheheheheh

http://www.aussiefrenchcars.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2055





dino

Agree with Di!

how in the stuffing hell am i there ??

and to the point RB is there as well

i smell something and it not very pleasant

I assure you, neither of those bearing my name have anything to do with me.

Addo is already playing my part for me too.... So that saves me time

could be an alien conspiracy we are now on a paranormal web site and saying nasty things about a yank site the hair on the back of my neck is standing up now or could that just be the a/c or jess under my desk doing what she does best

This looks bad news - Trace route reports the hosting server as

ASN 26496 which is
http://www.robtex.com/as/as26496.html

So it's hosted by GODADDY ?

It ends up being: http://www.infiltrated.net/blacklisted

So someone more savvy me should investigate it.

I hope it's not an attempt to steal traffic from us.

It looks more like a (rather sad) attempt at attention seeking and ego compensation to me. If someone feels so inadequate that they have to create ficticious accounts impersonating people....they obviously have issues

it's a pretty infantile attempt really.

It looks infantile now. But only a few people who have heard about AF need to bookmark it and we have potentially lost them .

Great time to do it with the Familiar Forum Logo out of action and being hosted by another (generous) site.

I believe it needs serious investigation.

I know if someone put an AD in a magazine with rip off logo and similar products I would be doing all I could to get some intelligence.

It's a bit unnerving to see so many screen-names hijacked.

If it's a test forum created in good humour, I for one would appreciate knowing this ASAP. All will be forgiven.

Other scenarios may not make me so happy.

or its John Howard and his CIA mates where is my shoe

I have to tell you all that I am now totally confused as to what is going on!

It looks like the domain name was registered on October 24th, therefore definitely after the loss of Aussiefrogs and it wasn't a long term project but obviously designed after the event. (Not bad for 2 days work)

It's templated off the "AussieSmarts" website.

Hmm...

Wasn't the site for sale before all this?
Perhaps the owner got the shits and gave us the big raspberry.

I don't know , but it seems to me that a whole new thing is needed.
This site right here is slow and over complicated.

We need to have a new creation.

Forumcircle might be a good one. But the bottom line is that someone needs to do something to get the show back on the road. This is the pits.

g'day,
had a look at that site, a Smart car with a MR2 engine seems to go quite well.
regards

G'day,
I went there in order to save my name.

regards

Heck pugnose...hope you're wearing your flameproof suit!

There is a LOT of work going on behind the scenes to get everything back up and running at the AF site. You just have to be a little patient as if you read the threads, you'll see that this is a lot more than an ordinary reconstruction.

we are being very graciously hosted here at the moment and most of us are simply grateful for some temporary place to hang together whist the major repair work goes on.

It wouldn't be the owner.

I'm a bit surprised you say this site is slow and the old one fast, i often gave up on the old aussiefrogs site and guessed correctly (obvious now) that it was on a big US virtual space.

This site i guess has less traffic but has always been super fast for me.

There is a clear thing to note here, while the big US companies are cheap they have REALLY crap customer service and stupid automated systems, you wont necessarily know until it bites you.

ALL (well 99%) hosting review sites are made and run by big US hosting companies, put negative comments about a hosting company up and notice how it disappears, go to whirlpool.net.au for real advice.

I had a site taken off line once by an auto system at 3pm saturday with no warning and no-one capable of fixing the issue (bandwidth overuse) until Monday morning. ie. the account went into whatever state, we couldn't just pay for the extra bandwidth or upgrade, they just turned it off and didnt care less. Thankfully they at least could give me ftp access to get the latest data off 1 hour later and auto refunded the money.

Spot on Di.

It's not our place to judge nor comment. We been "thrown" on totally different a Forum package for a few days. Everyone seems to get around and it's solid and reliable.

So we should be very grateful that David et al has been kind enough to help us out.

Pugnose, whilst I can see your unfamiliarity is causing frustration, after a few hours it gets easier. Just accept the situation and remember we are GUESTS!

i just remembered the irony of our site being taken off line, we were on a medium / high end 12 month plan with unlimited data and got whacked without notice for excess bandwidth. lol

Hardly surprising since this site is hosted by IInet in Australia.

It's like lightning for me with Optus docsis3(100mbps)

Unfortunately I'm speed limited because of exceeding my cap at the moment courtesy of M$ automatic updates yesterday...

This forum is being hosted from Davés place!
This is something we need to look into if I can get an NBN 1GB/s connection here, then there's No Daddy or mummy to worry about.

Joined up there as Fingers, before somebody else does!

The nerve of them!

Wonder what else they're trying?

Well one of the posts has the audacity to say "welcome to the new aussiefrogs". Whoever it is knows aussiefrogs and the personalities well. The whole thing is anonymous. Definitely mischief afoot.

So is it best to totally ignore Aussie French cars, or join up (but not actually participate) and thus prevent misuse of "our" familiar user names.

Are mlb, Pugrambo, Double Chevron et. al. concerned about someone else using "their" aliases - is this "real" identity theft, or just a bit of a laugh?

On balance, I'd prefer not to register, as I don't know how safe it is to give these guys my email address etc. - could be identity theft going on whether you register or they do it for you!

Can't speak for the others, but having the same real-life nickname since 1990, makes me a little precious when it's appropriated for an unspecified end.

I was wondering the same thing Armadillo. A fellow aussiefrogger told me they saw my name listed as the newest member earlier this arvo so apparently my aussiefrog username has already been taken. I tend to feel "don't feed the trolls" as far as participating on their mock forum. When the new aussiefrogs forum gets going I might eventually ask to change my username anyway.

I think it has derogatory undertones, but hidden under the facade of 'humour' thus giving these fools an exit strategy should they be caught out.

I actually pity them as something is obviously lacking in their lives. Maybe they have been ostracised or bullied throughout their lives, or haven't had much success with the opposite sex. So in order to boost their fragile egos they decide to deride others behind the safety of their keyboard, without even the confidence to use their own identity.

I'm not worried about my good name being sullied - I can do that without the help of others - this sort of childish crap just sh*ts me. Fair enough to make an arse of yourself, but have the balls to do it in your own name.

It's all a bit pathetic really.

Matt (the one and only)

Yes Kaye, you're name is there unfortunately.

I have also noticed that some 'true' members have registered there also unknowingly. I'm pretty sure it won't take long before they realise that it's a load of rubbish.

It's only a temporary problem though. Once the full site is back up and running then there will be no need for anyone to go to the other site, even unknowingly. The Aussiefrogs domain name is still ours - well, Gerry's - and with the ability to resurrect a lot of the database then search engines will still point to AF. If there's no content of worth at the other place, then it won't attract traffic.

I suggest that we still monitor it though, and if we find anyone actually making a serious post there then we direct them in the proper direction.

Matt

Plus: I cant register there anyway. My name's already taken

Total idiots do this and one would have to suspect that they might have had something to do with the demise of the old site.
Maybe if they were 14 years old you might eventually forgive 'em but I bet they are a lot older than that.

Nothing short of a public flogging is fit for that kind of treason. Bastards stuff peoples lives for fun. I hope the archives are brought back to life despite these creeps, but if they are caught, they should be made to pay for the trouble.

That’s puzzling Matt as you have to be registered to be able to see any member details so maybe you are but not as mlb? I only know my name was being used because a friend saw it on the front page as the newest member this arvo. I have not registered and don’t wish to.



Also Matt please don’t take this the wrong way as I am not suggesting you have anything to do with creating the mock forum but something you posted earlier suggests it could be connected to someone who has access your Facebook page.

That's where I saw it to. Under the 'latest member' heading. I was just confirming what your friend told you. As well as the other 'innocent victims' I've seen.



Yep, hence the reason I think it's more than people just having a joke. Simple minds have taken it upon themselves to see it as a means of having a go at me in part. The fact that they even know my real name shows that it's not just sh!ts and giggles - it's personal.

Matt

yep, but dont you sign all of your posts as matt?

its hardly going to ruin your career.

I've dealt with bigger fools in the past - but not many lol

Maybe I'm just getting sensitive in my old age

Matt

if this isnt a friendly jibe (nothing untoward is mentioned that i saw) then let me just say there are many fools on the internet, dont be disturbed by them, keep your distance.

Thanks for your concern spar, but all good. I'm not worried about it all, I just have little tolerance for those I consider beneath me. Especially when they use me to give themselves false feelings of adequacy.

Regards

Matt