Big shake-up over at Rapture Ready

Calee · 13th April 2007, 02:42 PM

Looks like there was a "hostile takeover" of the Rapture Ready Bulletin Board.

http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=219822

It i s getting a bit ugly...

http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?...69#post3884369

I hope my favorite Fundie site doesn't go away completely...

Marquis de Carabas · 13th April 2007, 02:47 PM

Some choice quotes for those people who've been banned and can't access? Not that I know anybody like that

Tanstaafl · 13th April 2007, 02:51 PM

The first link wouldn't work for me, it just asked me to log in or register.

The second did, but from what I can see all that's happnening is that they're going to a different server. Apparently that triggered some unfounded rumors.

Is there more to it than that?

Should I register over there, do they freak out if an atheist shows up?

Orangutan · 13th April 2007, 03:03 PM

Lol!

Quote:

I am extremely saddened by all of this. While I will wait to see what changes will be made before I decide to stay....or go..... I have to say that all of this has been handled very poorly. And way to suddenly. It may all come out in the wash in the end but this could have been handled in such a way that wouldn't leave people feeling stepped on, broken hearted, confused, angry, and questioning the motives behind all of this. R.R. will never be the same.

Is she talking about the forum change or the rapture?
Hmm I think i'll go post this on fstdt.

Ducky · 13th April 2007, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by Marquis de Carabas

Some choice quotes for those people who've been banned and can't access? Not that I know anybody like that

Seconded. I also...err...don't know anyone like that.

So what's the hubub? Got any quotes for us?

Kopji · 13th April 2007, 05:17 PM

Humm... As far as I can tell, it looks like their technical admin and sysop were raptured shortly after the fund-raising effort and the rest are a bit confused because they are left behind.

Seismosaurus · 13th April 2007, 05:20 PM

It's been claimed that the owner of the board has fired all the moderating team.

Ducky · 13th April 2007, 05:21 PM

So they raised funds and the tech admin and sysop are gone? Did they get to the new host then, or did the money get raptured too?

andyandy · 13th April 2007, 06:04 PM

they sure do like their smilies at RR

[Rapture Ready mode]

hey Sodomslayer!

Quote:

Blessed be the righteous! Luke Ch VI

Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!

[/Rapture ready]

Orangutan · 13th April 2007, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by andyandy

they sure do like their smilies at RR

[Rapture Ready mode]

hey Sodomslayer!

Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!

[/Rapture ready]

You forgot

andyandy · 14th April 2007, 05:18 AM

Originally Posted by Orangutan

You forgot
http://7.UploadMirror.com/uploaded/4...0_34_77900.gif

ooooh! I like it

Tricky · 14th April 2007, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by Calee

Looks like there was a "hostile takeover" of the Rapture Ready Bulletin Board.

http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=219822

It i s getting a bit ugly...

http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?...69#post3884369

I hope my favorite Fundie site doesn't go away completely...

Um... I'm in the "banned" category. Can you give us a synopsis of the action?

Hokulele · 14th April 2007, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by Tricky

Um... I'm in the "banned" category. Can you give us a synopsis of the action?
http://forums.maxima.org/images/smilies/popcorn.gif

Mind you, I have no idea what the structure of that board is, but from what I can see, this is what happened (is happening?). There was some kind of power struggle, and all of the mods were de-modded. There were quite a few sour comments posted by those mods as of yesterday, but it looks like all of those have either been deleted, or edited out. There is a new board being started by one or more former mods (maybe you won't be banned there?), and there were a few rather nasty comments about the fund-raising.

If I had known this was of interest, I could have taken some screen captures, but I never spend too much time on those sites, so wasn't paying much attention. There was quite a bit of drama-queening going on, which was somewhat entertaining. This message gives you somewhat of a clue as to the extent of it all.

Originally Posted by JimB @ RR

This is a complete cop out and just a partial truth.

Todd, you are just gonna have to bite the bullet on this one. You kind of need to look at all the members as stockholders who really do deserve an answer here. They may not need to know why a fellow member was banned but they do deserve to know about something that has affected all the faithful posters and all the mods.

Next to Christine and the mods who have been volunteering here for years and years these guys are the ones who have made RR-MB so successful.

They are the ones who have been faithfully abiding by our rules, using this as a ministry, a witness and a fellowship. They deserve better than this.

If we explain it, it may sound vengeful or based on emotion.

If not rumors are gonna fly and it will simply get worse and worse as it is right now. Those rumors could also hurt the RR main page.

Your gonna simply have to lay it out on the table.

Jim

Beerina · 14th April 2007, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by Calee

Looks like there was a "hostile takeover" of the Rapture Ready Bulletin Board.

http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=219822

It i s getting a bit ugly...

http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?...69#post3884369

I hope my favorite Fundie site doesn't go away completely...

Crap, they have way better smilies than we do. Check out the last post (#25) on page 1.

Cosmo · 15th April 2007, 08:59 AM

Egads, a new domain!

Originally Posted by Rapture Ready

The board will be down for approximately 24 hours while we complete a server move and domain name change. The new domain will be prophecyfellowship.org and will hopefully be available as soon as Sunday evening, 16 April. Thanks for your patience with us through this process and get your taxes done if you haven't already! Christine

fishbait · 15th April 2007, 05:21 PM

It appears God is taking the rap:

Quote:

Todd Strandberg, owner and founder of raptureready.com, and the owners/administrators of rr-bb.com regret to announce that the Lord is leading us in differing directions.

andyandy · 16th April 2007, 03:58 AM

Originally Posted by fishbait

It appears God is taking the rap:

God makes a brilliant fall guy

strathmeyer · 16th April 2007, 10:28 PM

Can somebody link to the new forum? I'm getting forwarded to http://206.251.74.38/forum/

Kopji · 16th April 2007, 11:18 PM

I have about as much interest in them as in sittin' on a cactus, but here it is:

http://www.prophecyfellowship.org/forum/

Kopji · 16th April 2007, 11:32 PM

Quote:

...This is a privately funded message board, of which our members are more than our guests, they are our friends whom we cherish. We reserve the right to edit or remove any postings that we feel are detrimental to the fellowship on this board, or detrimental to the witness of the board, as the board admin team sees fit.

http://www.prophecyfellowship.org/forum/rules.php

Their forum rules are accompanied by scriptural references, nice touch.

Oooooo! look at all the color choices!

13th April 2007, 02:42 PM	#1
Calee Scholar Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 98	Big shake-up over at Rapture Ready Looks like there was a "hostile takeover" of the Rapture Ready Bulletin Board. http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=219822 It i s getting a bit ugly... http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?...69#post3884369 I hope my favorite Fundie site doesn't go away completely...
Calee Scholar Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 98

13th April 2007, 02:51 PM	#3
Tanstaafl Unindicted Co-conspirator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 5,622	The first link wouldn't work for me, it just asked me to log in or register. The second did, but from what I can see all that's happnening is that they're going to a different server. Apparently that triggered some unfounded rumors. Is there more to it than that? Should I register over there, do they freak out if an atheist shows up?
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13th April 2007, 05:20 PM	#7
Seismosaurus Illuminator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Banbury Posts: 3,547	It's been claimed that the owner of the board has fired all the moderating team.
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13th April 2007, 06:04 PM	#9
andyandy anthropomorphic ape Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: up a tree Posts: 8,192	they sure do like their smilies at RR [Rapture Ready mode] hey Sodomslayer! Quote: Blessed be the righteous! Luke Ch VI Bye!!!!!!!!!!!! [/Rapture ready]
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14th April 2007, 05:18 AM	#11
andyandy anthropomorphic ape Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: up a tree Posts: 8,192	Originally Posted by Orangutan You forgot http://7.UploadMirror.com/uploaded/4...0_34_77900.gif ooooh! I like it
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13th April 2007, 02:47 PM	#2
Marquis de Carabas Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: vuori Posts: 27,106	Some choice quotes for those people who've been banned and can't access? Not that I know anybody like that
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13th April 2007, 03:03 PM	#4
Orangutan Graduate Poster Tagger Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Florida. Posts: 1,175	Lol! Quote: I am extremely saddened by all of this. While I will wait to see what changes will be made before I decide to stay....or go..... I have to say that all of this has been handled very poorly. And way to suddenly. It may all come out in the wash in the end but this could have been handled in such a way that wouldn't leave people feeling stepped on, broken hearted, confused, angry, and questioning the motives behind all of this. R.R. will never be the same. Is she talking about the forum change or the rapture? Hmm I think i'll go post this on fstdt.

13th April 2007, 03:05 PM	#5
Ducky Titanium Puprhero Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mayor of your front lawn. Posts: 12,296	Originally Posted by Marquis de Carabas Some choice quotes for those people who've been banned and can't access? Not that I know anybody like that Seconded. I also...err...don't know anyone like that. So what's the hubub? Got any quotes for us?

13th April 2007, 05:17 PM	#6
Kopji Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mogollon Rim Posts: 7,697	Humm... As far as I can tell, it looks like their technical admin and sysop were raptured shortly after the fund-raising effort and the rest are a bit confused because they are left behind.

13th April 2007, 05:21 PM	#8
Ducky Titanium Puprhero Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mayor of your front lawn. Posts: 12,296	So they raised funds and the tech admin and sysop are gone? Did they get to the new host then, or did the money get raptured too?

13th April 2007, 07:34 PM	#10
Orangutan Graduate Poster Tagger Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Florida. Posts: 1,175	Originally Posted by andyandy they sure do like their smilies at RR [Rapture Ready mode] hey Sodomslayer! Bye!!!!!!!!!!!! [/Rapture ready] You forgot

14th April 2007, 01:54 PM	#12
Tricky Briefly immortal Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Group W bench Posts: 42,367	Originally Posted by Calee Looks like there was a "hostile takeover" of the Rapture Ready Bulletin Board. http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=219822 It i s getting a bit ugly... http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?...69#post3884369 I hope my favorite Fundie site doesn't go away completely... Um... I'm in the "banned" category. Can you give us a synopsis of the action?

14th April 2007, 02:22 PM	#13
Hokulele Official Nemesis Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Trying to decide whether to set defenses against an army, or against mole rats. Posts: 27,269	Originally Posted by Tricky Um... I'm in the "banned" category. Can you give us a synopsis of the action? http://forums.maxima.org/images/smilies/popcorn.gif Mind you, I have no idea what the structure of that board is, but from what I can see, this is what happened (is happening?). There was some kind of power struggle, and all of the mods were de-modded. There were quite a few sour comments posted by those mods as of yesterday, but it looks like all of those have either been deleted, or edited out. There is a new board being started by one or more former mods (maybe you won't be banned there?), and there were a few rather nasty comments about the fund-raising. If I had known this was of interest, I could have taken some screen captures, but I never spend too much time on those sites, so wasn't paying much attention. There was quite a bit of drama-queening going on, which was somewhat entertaining. This message gives you somewhat of a clue as to the extent of it all. Originally Posted by JimB @ RR This is a complete cop out and just a partial truth. Todd, you are just gonna have to bite the bullet on this one. You kind of need to look at all the members as stockholders who really do deserve an answer here. They may not need to know why a fellow member was banned but they do deserve to know about something that has affected all the faithful posters and all the mods. Next to Christine and the mods who have been volunteering here for years and years these guys are the ones who have made RR-MB so successful. They are the ones who have been faithfully abiding by our rules, using this as a ministry, a witness and a fellowship. They deserve better than this. If we explain it, it may sound vengeful or based on emotion. If not rumors are gonna fly and it will simply get worse and worse as it is right now. Those rumors could also hurt the RR main page. Your gonna simply have to lay it out on the table. Jim
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14th April 2007, 05:56 PM	#14
Beerina Sarcastic Conqueror of Notions Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: A floating island above the clouds Posts: 23,835	Originally Posted by Calee Looks like there was a "hostile takeover" of the Rapture Ready Bulletin Board. http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=219822 It i s getting a bit ugly... http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?...69#post3884369 I hope my favorite Fundie site doesn't go away completely... Crap, they have way better smilies than we do. Check out the last post (#25) on page 1.
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15th April 2007, 08:59 AM	#15
Cosmo Radioactive Rationalist Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 1,169	Egads, a new domain! Originally Posted by Rapture Ready The board will be down for approximately 24 hours while we complete a server move and domain name change. The new domain will be prophecyfellowship.org and will hopefully be available as soon as Sunday evening, 16 April. Thanks for your patience with us through this process and get your taxes done if you haven't already! Christine

15th April 2007, 05:21 PM	#16
fishbait Raggin' the Blues Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New York Posts: 1,013	It appears God is taking the rap: Quote: Todd Strandberg, owner and founder of raptureready.com, and the owners/administrators of rr-bb.com regret to announce that the Lord is leading us in differing directions.
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16th April 2007, 03:58 AM	#17
andyandy anthropomorphic ape Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: up a tree Posts: 8,192	Originally Posted by fishbait It appears God is taking the rap: God makes a brilliant fall guy
	__________________ "Contentment is found in the music of Bach, the books of Tolstoy and the equations of Dirac, not at the wheel of a BMW or the aisles of Harvey Nicks."

16th April 2007, 10:28 PM	#18
strathmeyer seriously unable to be serious Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA Posts: 2,382	Can somebody link to the new forum? I'm getting forwarded to http://206.251.74.38/forum/

16th April 2007, 11:18 PM	#19
Kopji Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mogollon Rim Posts: 7,697	I have about as much interest in them as in sittin' on a cactus, but here it is: http://www.prophecyfellowship.org/forum/

16th April 2007, 11:32 PM	#20
Kopji Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mogollon Rim Posts: 7,697	Quote: ...This is a privately funded message board, of which our members are more than our guests, they are our friends whom we cherish. We reserve the right to edit or remove any postings that we feel are detrimental to the fellowship on this board, or detrimental to the witness of the board, as the board admin team sees fit. http://www.prophecyfellowship.org/forum/rules.php Their forum rules are accompanied by scriptural references, nice touch. Oooooo! look at all the color choices!