Take Care matt! Regardless of what anyone says all that matters is how you feel. If you feel unsafe, so be it. You have to do whats best for you.
Was a pleasure to meet you and I appreciate all the help you have given me (and others). Take care man!
It's no big deal if you havent been using the site to cataloge your grow and havent invested alot of time on this site.
However, If you spent alot of time here and lost alot then you have every right to be upset and leave if you want.
To dismiss this as some that "people will get over" eventually is just plain short sighted.
Obviously people have left. They may return, they may not.
I will tell you one thing though, Not having a backup from anything more recent than Feb 20th is just fucking nonsense. And anyone that says differently has their head firmly planted up their ass.
I'm not talking security, or being traced. I agree with everything you just said. it's exactly what I have been saying. I think you may have misunderstood me or I came across wrong.Wow, short sighted indeed. I think it's you who is short sighted, dont be so para. In a few months the site will be back to normal and i expect all will be forgotten about. There is no safe place to tell the world you are growing pot. FFS there are greater crimes in the world imo. Anyone posting on a pot growing forum has to accept that any of their data can be monitored and traced, if someone really wants to get you. If you dont want busted, dont grow pot or certainly dont use the internet to advertise the fact. Its silly really when you consider moving to another site, will that be safe, I think not. Have a dooby and relax folks, no need for name calling. I lost data too, nearly my whole thread, i reposted, no biggie.
If you really are leaving Matt then i wish you the best and i understand why but my advice, if your family is your main priority, is to give up the weed.
too late bro. this is a dead thread. the dood who started it got scared off by the hacking incidentSubbed up
sorry guys, this thread is officially closed.
I got to thinking and decided that in me and my familys best interest journaling needs to go . with all the BS going on on this site the feeling of "being safe" has been compromised. I wish everyone the best of luck on thier grows.
It was apleasure to meet and chat with every one of you guys, special thanks goes out to my friend and mentor Gastanker whom has helped me out considerably much and has been with me and supporting me from my first grow. THANKS MAN!!
RMTB
not scared, just taking my priorities firstwell over 60+ pages of my journal gone. and heres what i have to say about it
I dont quite buy thier story. they claim that they dont backup verry often due to security reasons, they dont want the files traveling over the internet too often. sure sounds good but theres no reason they can backup the files to another server on a intranet network (a network that is only shared among the company's files and is not hooked up to the internet)
i dunno i just dont buy it
they should be doing 1 big backup every week or at least keeping a solid backup and adding anything that wasnt backed up before to it every week (less data to write)
i think i may be done with this site, the shit that has been going on lately has been a bit sketchy and now they accidently lost a months worth of data?!?!?! this is basic shit when you run a server never mind one as big as RIU.
also did any of you notice that RIU stopped advertising for the attitude seed bank and now is advertising for credit card companys? i think they are selling out!!
Dr Jones likes thisand the thread lives!
im convinced we will all be back soon
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FYI, Attitude recently permanently ended their affiliate program because some of their affiliates where cheating the system, but they couldn't stop it or figure out who it was. I assume this site needs money to survive, so they have new advertisers.did any of you notice that RIU stopped advertising for the attitude seed bank and now is advertising for credit card companys? i think they are selling out!!
they should advertise for sanniesseeds imo, companies like the attitude and sea of seeds arent straight from the breeder which makes me question ordering seeds sometimes. but if wicken defender's paying the big bucks who cares really.FYI, Attitude recently permanently ended their affiliate program because some of their affiliates where cheating the system, but they couldn't stop it or figure out who it was. I assume this site needs money to survive, so they have new advertisers.