Exactly. Nobody with a lick of sense would not have sold it and to start what he did at age 14 and have it grow to what it became, well, we know he's smart. The only one thing constant in life is change. Changes will come that is assured. If the forums take a dive it may just be time for some introspection on my part. I waste far too much time here. It's not good for my health.Of course not -- anyone with 3 brain cells knew when he left that this place was going to be sold despite any assurances to the contrary. He would've been insane NOT to sell it IMO.
That's quite sad considering a lot of them were good reviews (some a little biased, especially apple ones, but still good information).
Will be curious to see how many new account registrations we get over the next week or so.
He's from "Tom's"
We'll see GRAPES soon ...
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2258513/policy-grapes.html
No kidding, I used to go to Toms every day in the late 90's.. now it's a complete write off. Not even a consideration.If this place becomes 1/10th the shithole toms has become, it's time to move on.
I've been here daily myself since, it was either 1997 or 1998. We got the first computer in our household in '97 but I don't know if I joined here then or the next year. I was at the site in the Geocities days. I was here under another username and asked to have it changed but got no response so I just created my current username.I can't really blame Anand for cashing in, but hate to see this happen just the same. Watching this site grow from very humble beginnings and being a part of that in a small way has been enjoyable. I have visited pretty much daily since 1998 and hope that things won't change too badly for the worse.
He's from "Tom's"
We'll see GRAPES soon ...
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2258513/policy-grapes.html
yikes, that'll kill a lot of threads around here too. The fun ones at least.
It's sad to witness the removal of DT from Anand's page
A lot of us never accessed Dailytech.com, but used to follow each and every news through AT's site.
Hmm, just noticed that.
Any reason why that got the axe ?
Thanks for bringing this up. Instituting a no GRAPES policy on Tom's Hardware was vetted by the moderators and the community at large, and arose due to a tremendous number of problems we were encountering. What works for Tom's may not work for Anandtech, and what works for Anandtech may not work for Tom's. The two are very different communities culturally and by identity. As I mentioned in my FAQ above, we won't be exporting any policies to or from - and that includes the no GRAPES policy.
Also, I :heart: Gillbot
Nope. See earlier comments and answers on the no GRAPES policy and making no changes to the way Anandtech community works. Not here to change or alter things.
Nope, no changes. Changes? Nope. Not changing the way things are right now. Changes are not occurring. Of the changes set to occur, there are none. As for the time being, no changes. The limited dynamism of structural and policy states within the context of this forum are highlighted, herein, in the assertion of a minimum to zero alterations. "Hey Mister jpishgar, got any change?" No, no I do not. In a mirror universe where everything is opposites, so much change is set to take place on the Anandtech forums - so very, very much. Stasis, status quo, equipoise, abiding, immutable, nonfluctuating, adamant.
That said, if you want to see some changes, they'll be coming from you, at your request per consensus.
I will just set this down again right here... just in case anyone missed it.
And say I told you so... ahead of time.
So will ATOT become POT?