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Is HTS still a dude
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2018-12-05 at 3:28 AM UTCKind of like DH was.
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2018-12-05 at 3:39 AM UTCCan we please get back to HTS_n00b and goats?
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2018-12-05 at 3:40 AM UTC
Originally posted by Flatulant_bomb Kind of like DH was.
Yeah, I'm still totally in the dark on what DH is/was... Some kind of dating/hookup site apparently?
It's kind of a neat unfolding of events though that the members of such a site ended up merged with a bunch of Totseans.
It's an interesting match, -
2018-12-05 at 3:40 AM UTC
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2018-12-05 at 3:43 AM UTC
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2018-12-05 at 3:45 AM UTCThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2018-12-05 at 3:52 AM UTC
Originally posted by gadzooks Yeah, I'm still totally in the dark on what DH is/was… Some kind of dating/hookup site apparently?
It's kind of a neat unfolding of events though that the members of such a site ended up merged with a bunch of Totseans.
It's an interesting match,
It was a date site with forums. It was owned by one guy back when dating sites first started. He sold it to a group of investors at the right time. When those investors realized that the market was saturated they kind of stepped back and it became a forum free for all. It got pretty crazy with the law getting involved in some circumstances. Some even went to jail, so I hear. I did meet som good people from there though.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2018-12-05 at 3:56 AM UTC
Originally posted by Flatulant_bomb It was a date site with forums. It was owned by one guy back when dating sites first started. He sold it to a group of investors at the right time. When those investors realized that the market was saturated they kind of stepped back and it became a forum free for all. It got pretty crazy with the law getting involved in some circumstances. Some even went to jail, so I hear. I did meet som good people from there though.
I have to admit, that's kind of a cool story. The merging of two online worlds like that.
Otherwise, the whole spirit of Totse would have died out years ago.
Some might argue that it already did, but Lanny keeps it alive with NIS. -
2018-12-05 at 4:11 AM UTCI was a member of NirvanaNET. It was the idea same there. Several different communities were merged together into one Web of BBS communities (nodes).
NirvanaNET was...
Just Say Yes
& the Temple of the Screaming Electron
Rat Head Systems
realitycheckBBS
The New Dork Sublime
My Dog Bit Jesus
Lies Unlimited
Sea of Noise
El Observador
The Salted Slug
The Lair
Burn This Flag
The Stage
Tomorrow's Order of MagnitudeThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2018-12-05 at 4:13 AM UTC
Originally posted by gadzooks Hey, I'm the one here standing up for GGG's right to call HTS a dude.
But, at the same time, I get why it can be upsetting to HTS, and Ghost, and maybe others.
I have yet to see HTS get upset. And sometimes I can't resist pushing buttons.
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HTS still a dude.
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2018-12-05 at 4:17 AM UTC
Originally posted by gadzooks I have to admit, that's kind of a cool story. The merging of two online worlds like that.
Otherwise, the whole spirit of Totse would have died out years ago.
Some might argue that it already did, but Lanny keeps it alive with NIS.
Clint Eastwoods wild west would be proud of DH! -
2018-12-05 at 4:17 AM UTC
Originally posted by -SpectraL I was a member of NirvanaNET. It was the idea same there. Several different communities were merged together into one Web of BBS communities (nodes).
NirvanaNET was…
Just Say Yes
& the Temple of the Screaming Electron
Rat Head Systems
realitycheckBBS
The New Dork Sublime
My Dog Bit Jesus
Lies Unlimited
Sea of Noise
El Observador
The Salted Slug
The Lair
Burn This Flag
The Stage
Tomorrow's Order of Magnitude
You probably have the longest-standing connection to Totse and the like over anyone else here. I originally signed up on Totse's forums in 2004, after lurking for about a year. But that was still post-BBS days. I doubt many regular posters here go that far back.
Panthrax/Grimace is definitely an original Totsean.
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2018-12-05 at 4:22 AM UTCI dabbled in the BBS days, then found Yahoo! chat, that was fun. Then I found DH as my marriage ended, good times! Tell me about Totse and Zoklet
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2018-12-05 at 4:31 AM UTCThe network was based on telNet, but people eventually used a front end client called HyperTerminal to access what we called The Net on telNet.
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2018-12-05 at 4:31 AM UTCstay on topic folks
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2018-12-05 at 4:33 AM UTC
Originally posted by Flatulant_bomb I dabbled in the BBS days, then found Yahoo! chat, that was fun. Then I found DH as my marriage ended, good times! Tell me about Totse and Zoklet
Totse was a host site for all kinda of controversial text files: pyrotechnics, drug syntheses, conspiracy theories, etc.
But it attracted all kinds of people, from all walks of life.
It was basically a place for Internet misfits.
4chan and all that attract a vaguely similar type, but in a more "normie" kinda way. They call everyone normies, but technically, Totseans were super-non-normie.
Then one day, out of the blue "Jeff Hunter", the administrator of Totse.com, decided to shut things down. There were all kinds of conspiracies about him being a fed, etc. Ultimately, Zok took on the much needed role of Totse-like site host. But then a few years later, Zok had some kind of meltdown, and so therehence went Zoklet.com.
Then, there was a massive void.
Since Lanny posted on Zoklet, and had the know-how and dedication to maintain a forum, NIS was born.
Then, when bored aging Totseans go googling out of nostalgia, they stumble upon NIS (I think I found it via reddit - r/totse). -
2018-12-05 at 4:33 AM UTCWhat's the topic?
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2018-12-05 at 4:34 AM UTC
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2018-12-05 at 4:34 AM UTC
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2018-12-05 at 4:37 AM UTCOnce DH was unmoderated it became the wild west, in other words, it was a blast. Craziest shit you have ever seen.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
