Complete Last Call: Sunday, May 19th DNForum will remove all 10+ years 0 posts/comments accounts!

This Sunday, May 19th DNForum will remove all 10+ years 0 posts/comments accounts!

We're cleaning up inactive accounts to make DNForum a more vibrant space. We recently removed 70,000 inactive accounts, and moving forward, we'll focus on quality over quantity.

What does it mean:
* Accounts with 0 posts/comments after 10+ years may be removed.
* Accounts registered with temporary email addresses will be removed.
* Potentially affects 420,772 DNForum members

To stay active: participate in discussions, share insights, or update your profile!

Thank you,
The DNForum Team

 

[netbuydotca]

After many years of holding domains, I’m now starting to sell, so I’ll definitely be using this site.

 

[Drewbert]

Just out of interest, when did the forum start up?

 

[Helmuts]

Just out of interest, when did the forum start up?

Wow .. you are here since May 2002!!

Oficially, DNForum has been online since 2001.

One of the oldest accounts I have found is registered at: Mar 16, 2002

Nobody really knows the birthday. 1st scr at archive.org is March 24, 2002:


note the latest user on the screen has id# 42

Maybe one day we will get the exact date.

 

[Helmuts]

+ in the beginning the forum was running on vbulletin

 

[Mr. Deleted]

WTF? Where is Mocus?
btw.. terrible design

@mocus hmmm that guy was a character. Blast from the past.

 

[Mr. Deleted]

Oi. Don't be deleting accounts we paid for!

Cannot believe it has been almost 20 years since I joined.

Its been about that long for me too.

 

[spietreser]

Don't delete me

 

[Meridian66]

I too am somehow still alive. hello all

 

[Meridian66]

Oi. Don't be deleting accounts we paid for!

Cannot believe it has been almost 20 years since I joined.

18 years for me!

 

[hacxx]

My account is newer lol

 

[mize]

still alive

 

[amplify]

I tracked down the Founder of DNForum, Dan Gessler, through old sales articles and then eventually through LinkedIn/email, and I believe a call, as we were going to do a 20th Anniversary article/video featuring him for DNForum because the timing of it just so happened to align with the "relaunch" period of new ownership. This is because I believed that he was an integral part of DNF's success, as without him starting it, we wouldn't be here today. Of course, this never came to fruition because a lot was going on in the background where this was a priority of lesser importance.

Even though this was the first color scheme, he changed it to the stock vBulletin blue and then stuck with an eyesore yellow a little later in DNF's life. During my free time leading up to the event that was being planned, I attempted to revive the look without the "websafe" color limitations imposed during that golden era (HTML4/X11) as I was also heavily into Xenforo modifications and doing so helped me learn more about the platform. However, I didn't get to refine it much to have a good balance and to also have certain elements of the forum stand out. I probably should've used a designer, but in retrospect, it would have been a waste of resources.

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In one of our exchanges, I asked him why he chose such colors, and he had a good enough reason:

Maybe one day we will get the exact date.

Good luck, cause even Dan couldn't even recall!

 

[Drewbert]

So I win the chocolate fish then?

 

[Helmuts]

So I win the chocolate fish then?

 

[neonm]

vbulletin 3 is very fast when compare to version 4
current xenforo is decent good as well.

Wow .. you are here since May 2002!!

Oficially, DNForum has been online since 2001.

One of the oldest accounts I have found is registered at: Mar 16, 2002

Nobody really knows the birthday. 1st scr at archive.org is March 24, 2002:
View attachment 9165

note the latest user on the screen has id# 42

Maybe one day we will get the exact date.

 

[Helmuts]

vbulletin 3 is very fast when compare to version 4

Interesting.. Didn't know this. Tx

 

[nameplanet]

Smart and good idea to do.

 

[Domain Master]

Still alive..... i think

 

[Abdur Rehman]

This Sunday, May 19th DNForum will remove all 10+ years 0 posts/comments accounts!

We're cleaning up inactive accounts to make DNForum a more vibrant space. We recently removed 70,000 inactive accounts, and moving forward, we'll focus on quality over quantity.

What does it mean:
* Accounts with 0 posts/comments after 10+ years may be removed.
* Accounts registered with temporary email addresses will be removed.
* Potentially affects 420,772 DNForum members

To stay active: participate in discussions, share insights, or update your profile!

Thank you,
The DNForum Team

okay thanks

 

[domainpozitif]

I'm still alive