Just curious who here no longer visits WHT (webhostingtalk)

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  • ChrisMillerChrisMiller Hosting ProviderOG
    edited November 2020

    @seriesn said:
    I must admit the old days, when we had people like Keith, Martin, Sajan, @Lee, @ChrisMiller, Curtis and some other bunch, it was >fun. I was known for being a trouble maker. Ahh the good times.

    OMG that makes me feel old... I went back and looked I was Trolling the Prem Section chat thread over a Decade ago.

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  • WHT is suck in the late 90's, stagnant and feels like an abandoned old museum of historical relics such as set-up fees, $30/month for 512mb RAM type things.

    Viva LE*

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  • @dahartigan said: historical relics

    You rang! :anguished:

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    lowendinfo.com had no interest.

  • @AlwaysSkint said:

    @dahartigan said: historical relics

    You rang! :anguished:

    More like a finely aged scotch in your case - perhaps not so glamorous as you would like, but that's the compliment I'll afford you sir ;)

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  • vyasvyas OGContent Writer

    Spent a few minutes checking out "Black Friday Offers" on WHT.
    Meh and more Meh in most cases.

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  • @vyas said:
    Spent a few minutes checking out "Black Friday Offers" on WHT.
    Meh and more Meh in most cases.

    That's just 'cause we' poor!

    :)

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  • vyasvyas OGContent Writer
    edited November 2020

    Quite the opposite.
    Because everyone is offering almost identical set of 4 wheels and a steering wheel and selling them as a car. That too at the cheapest possible rate.

    Lack of differentiation concerns me. So also zero interaction with the posts.

    In contrast, I loved the K-Pop deal thread last year on OGF. There were stories.
    For example the host who brought some famous grilled(?) chicken to a meeting and folks getting nostalgic about it...

    Not to mention the gifs

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  • Wow, I had completely forgotten about WHT. I haven't been there in years.

  • @deank said: LET is backing a former scammer as its spearhead figure host means it's got no hope
    @bikegremlin said: Alpharacks guy?
    @vpsgeek3333 said: Dustin!

    Guys, to those like me, who unfortunately had no time to follow all the details of that adventure, could you please briefly elaborate on how it all ended?

    I know there were two guys working at QuadraNet, who also abused their positions to secretly run (at least somehow) competing host - AlphaRacks.
    QN management found out about that, they were fired, Alpharacks went down first, then went to dead pool without providing refunds and backups.

    Now I see that Dustin is active on LET (and WHT probably), launched a new business and runs it openly under his real name.

    So how legit this new venture is? Can it be trusted?

  • @DataRecovery said:

    @deank said: LET is backing a former scammer as its spearhead figure host means it's got no hope
    @bikegremlin said: Alpharacks guy?
    @vpsgeek3333 said: Dustin!

    Guys, to those like me, who unfortunately had no time to follow all the details of that adventure, could you please briefly elaborate on how it all ended?

    I know there were two guys working at QuadraNet, who also abused their positions to secretly run (at least somehow) competing host - AlphaRacks.
    QN management found out about that, they were fired, Alpharacks went down first, then went to dead pool without providing refunds and backups.

    Now I see that Dustin is active on LET (and WHT probably), launched a new business and runs it openly under his real name.

    So how legit this new venture is? Can it be trusted?

    Very un-legit, I should say. Definitely not, I think it'll probably go under in 2022.

  • @AC_Fan said:

    @DataRecovery said:

    @deank said: LET is backing a former scammer as its spearhead figure host means it's got no hope
    @bikegremlin said: Alpharacks guy?
    @vpsgeek3333 said: Dustin!

    Guys, to those like me, who unfortunately had no time to follow all the details of that adventure, could you please briefly elaborate on how it all ended?

    I know there were two guys working at QuadraNet, who also abused their positions to secretly run (at least somehow) competing host - AlphaRacks.
    QN management found out about that, they were fired, Alpharacks went down first, then went to dead pool without providing refunds and backups.

    Now I see that Dustin is active on LET (and WHT probably), launched a new business and runs it openly under his real name.

    So how legit this new venture is? Can it be trusted?

    Very un-legit, I should say. Definitely not, I think it'll probably go under in 2022.

    BikeGremlin I/O
    Mostly WordPress ™

  • InceptionHostingInceptionHosting Hosting ProviderOG

    @DataRecovery said: So how legit this new venture is? Can it be trusted?

    This is actually the guys 5th venture I believe, so sure, you can trust the snake not to bite you again now you know he is a snake.

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  • Intelpentium0Intelpentium0 Hosting Provider

    Now I see that Dustin is active on LET (and WHT probably), launched a new business and runs it openly under his real name.

    So how legit this new venture is? Can it be trusted?

    Idk. But his bf thread is nearing 2k comments! I haven't bought anything from him..but members are getting crazy on that thread. Amazing response till now.

    ✓✓Only shared hosting-both DA and cPanel Still in 2006

  • seriesnseriesn Hosting ProviderOG
    edited November 2020

    @Intelpentium0 said:

    Now I see that Dustin is active on LET (and WHT probably), launched a new business and runs it openly under his real name.

    So how legit this new venture is? Can it be trusted?

    Idk. But his bf thread is nearing 2k comments! I haven't bought anything from him..but members are getting crazy on that thread. Amazing response till now.

    I mean. If we did promos where instead of using codes, you had to respond to the thread to get any discount and also gave everything away for free.........

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  • InceptionHostingInceptionHosting Hosting ProviderOG
    edited November 2020

    Free VPS all you have to do is reply to a thread, yeah I am shocked it only has 2k replies.

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  • @AnthonySmith said:

    @DataRecovery said: So how legit this new venture is? Can it be trusted?

    This is actually the guys 5th venture I believe, so sure, you can trust the snake not to bite you again now you know he is a snake.

    I'm not in the hosting business nor do I have any services from Racknerd. But I do wonder how sustainable his offers and countless giveaways are in the long run? This alone has kept me away from purchasing anything from them.

  • vyasvyas OGContent Writer

    Rather quiet in the WHT World

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  • sweatbarsweatbar Hosting Provider

    It will die unless they revamp it. Waiting to issue the death certificate.

    PeekaBoo at https://handyhost.net
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  • I'm banned from WHT actually. Remember when WHT was hacked years ago? Apparently the joke I made about it was 'too soon' back then and they banned me. WHT was mainly about shared hosting imho. Not much technical deep dive over there.

  • When I first learnt about VPS, I did use WHT in looking for hosts. Wasted so much time and money.

    After knowing "L" and then subsequently here, I don't give a fuck to that crappy site.

  • @seriesn said: I must admit the old days, when we had people like Keith, Martin, Sajan, @Lee, @ChrisMiller, Curtis and some other bunch, it was fun. I was known for being a trouble maker. Ahh the good times.

    I still have the Google spreadsheet 'Bat list' of the list we made up of all the people on WHT that needed a baseball bat around the head. For those that are still around today it remains correct and still needs to be carried out. Although the top of the list cd/home is either not around anymore which is a shame. Maybe he is using another alias.

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  • seriesnseriesn Hosting ProviderOG

    @Lee said:

    @seriesn said: I must admit the old days, when we had people like Keith, Martin, Sajan, @Lee, @ChrisMiller, Curtis and some other bunch, it was fun. I was known for being a trouble maker. Ahh the good times.

    I still have the Google spreadsheet 'Bat list' of the list we made up of all the people on WHT that needed a baseball bat around the head. For those that are still around today it remains correct and still needs to be carried out. Although the top of the list cd/home is either not around anymore which is a shame. Maybe he is using another alias.

    Here you go https://www.webhostingtalk.com/member.php?u=319323

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  • Intelpentium0Intelpentium0 Hosting Provider

    ✓✓Only shared hosting-both DA and cPanel Still in 2006

  • I've joined there in August 2010. Never knew about LET.
    I bought a shared hosting plan back then with stablehost. About 22$ annually. Used it for a few years and later they had issues so didn't continue.
    Thereafter I didn't have a website and only used the domain for email with gsuite.
    Just last year I found out about both LET and LES, and only today I went there to check my history. I have never commented there.

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