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Title: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: franksolich on November 21, 2016, 10:12:29 PM
Come on, Skins, old pal old friend old chum.  It's long past time.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: Mr Mannn on November 21, 2016, 10:27:48 PM
Skins is a liberal: a lazy good for nothing at heart.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on November 21, 2016, 10:41:11 PM
Just like Hillary, the cash cow has dried up.  Figuring out his next con job.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: Nobody Expects on November 22, 2016, 12:13:54 AM
 Is the gungeon still in operation behind the paywall?
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: fatboy on November 22, 2016, 12:19:33 AM
Come on skinner, let the good times roll!
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: CollectivismMustDie on November 22, 2016, 03:25:53 AM
He is already open for business. When it tapers off, then he will let everyone else in.








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Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: Carl on November 22, 2016, 05:37:29 AM
Until he sees star purchases dry up.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: Happy Fun Ball on November 22, 2016, 05:54:24 AM
Hanukkah, because JOOOOOOOOS!
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on November 22, 2016, 06:26:38 AM
I think it'll probably be toward the end of this week, the closest answer to that was 'Next week,' so I went with that.  As for DI, it all depends on what Skins was making on the ad revenue; if it was negligible, then maybe never.  If it was actually paying some bills, then probably next month.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: FaC on November 22, 2016, 06:30:23 AM
Our buddy Skins is about to join the victims of the Obama economy, albeit later than I would have hoped. The cash cow has dried up and in the new spirit of the democrat party futility trying to re-connect with the people they have been insulting for the last eight years there is no way that the democrat party is going to fund and/or permit a concentrated display of utter stupidity.

Skins may try to keep it going but I think that DU ends up as a "pay to play" safe space for moonbats and Skins and Shelly are going to have to re-think their lifestyle. Of course, Skins could end up as a kept man while Shelly brings home the bacon???
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: franksolich on November 22, 2016, 06:43:43 AM
I think it'll probably be toward the end of this week, the closest answer to that was 'Next week,' so I went with that.  As for DI, it all depends on what Skins was making on the ad revenue; if it was negligible, then maybe never.  If it was actually paying some bills, then probably next month.

With every passing day, I'm becoming more and more dubious that Skins's island is ever going to resurface; I'm no longer holding my breath.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on November 22, 2016, 06:53:24 AM
With every passing day, I'm becoming more and more dubious that Skins's island is ever going to resurface; I'm no longer holding my breath.

Keeping it closed helps his income stream from the DUmmies for membership (But with no minimum to become a paid member, and the DUmmies are nothing if not cheap)but is killing his hit count, which directly affects the ad revenue.  It'll be a money-driven decision as to which is more important, but of course only Skins has the actual numbers at hand to determine which way it breaks.  My comments are simply my own idle speculation based on the obvious decision framework he faces.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: Doc Savage on November 22, 2016, 06:56:34 AM
I think it'll probably be toward the end of this week, the closest answer to that was 'Next week,' so I went with that.  As for DI, it all depends on what Skins was making on the ad revenue; if it was negligible, then maybe never.  If it was actually paying some bills, then probably next month.

I e-mailed earl about DI.  I got a response that said DI was NOT hacked, just DU, but they are both on the same server and use some of the same software, so DI is not going to be back up until they can confirm that DU is stable.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on November 22, 2016, 07:00:36 AM
I e-mailed earl about DI.  I got a response that said DI was NOT hacked, just DU, but they are both on the same server and use some of the same software, so DI is not going to be back up until they can confirm that DU is stable.

Interesting, thanks for the info!
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: Carl on November 22, 2016, 07:28:22 AM
To reappear on the island even as a star member you had to input the email you registered under and then get a temporary password to log in and then reset the password to something you want.
A useful tool to cross check against passwords at DI as well as to refresh the email list that will be for sale again.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: SVPete on November 22, 2016, 08:17:41 AM
I e-mailed earl about DI.  I got a response that said DI was NOT hacked, just DU, but they are both on the same server and use some of the same software, so DI is not going to be back up until they can confirm that DU is stable.

It takes a week (or more) to "confirm that DU is stable"? What'd they do? Kill some of their generator-driving squirrels to relight and stoke the boilers of their steampunk forum software?
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: dutch508 on November 22, 2016, 08:35:38 AM
It takes a week (or more) to "confirm that DU is stable"? What'd they do? Kill some of their generator-driving squirrels to relight and stoke the boilers of their steampunk forum software?

DU was never stable...
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: SVPete on November 22, 2016, 09:10:13 AM
DU was never stable...

True, and H-5. But I was referring to their steampunk squirrel-powered forum SW.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: jb2u11 on November 22, 2016, 10:01:38 AM
My bet is that he will milk them as long as he can.  Right now he is probably been adding star members like crazy, that influx will soon slow.  When it does he will open it back up to everyone.

The fate of DI is still unknown, I haven't seen him address it yet.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: Duke Nukum on November 22, 2016, 10:12:20 AM
Isn't having to have a star to enter the Island the same as a legal restriction to enter a country?
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: BadCat on November 22, 2016, 10:19:21 AM
If you look at the raw HTML of their pages, they have TONS of shit in there devoted to ads and ad revenue.  If he's not getting hits, those pennies aren't coming in.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: MoshMasterD on November 22, 2016, 10:34:05 AM
I recall in several threads a long time ago that DU should close public viewing and make out exclusively private.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: Carl on November 22, 2016, 10:45:41 AM
David Allen Moskwa still knows that he is dealing with lunatics so don`t be surprised if the next wave of members will be those with a certain post count so he can let a fresh batch of them vent their rage and threats of violence.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: SVPete on November 22, 2016, 11:02:39 AM
My bet is that he will milk them as long as he can.  Right now he is probably been adding star members like crazy, that influx will soon slow.  When it does he will open it back up to everyone.

The fate of DI is still unknown, I haven't seen him address it yet.

Part of Skins' calculation has to be the fact than many members will, as time passes, go to other places - like DK, MMfA, or TP - and get settled in. If he waits too long, they may never come back.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: BattleHymn on November 22, 2016, 11:22:36 AM
The DUmmies have to provide more info to post on Skin's Island than is necessary to vote in many blue shitholes.

Oddly, none of them seem to be complaining.  Odd, that.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: pjcomix on November 22, 2016, 11:34:49 AM
Skinner will reopen DUmmieland in just 24 business hours.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: Nobody Expects on November 22, 2016, 11:44:21 AM
The DUmmies have to provide more info to post on Skin's Island than is necessary to vote in many blue shitholes.

Oddly, none of them seem to be complaining.  Odd, that.

 Indeed.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: BattleHymn on November 22, 2016, 11:59:31 AM
It's 12 noon CST, so Skins only has four more business hours to uphold his promise of opening the DUmp up to the general rabble on Tuesday. 

Well, come on, Skins.  Make a promise, keep a promise.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: BattleHymn on November 22, 2016, 12:06:46 PM
From the comments section at the Daily Kossacks (re: Skin's being down): 

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Their IT people do not sound very impressive.

Well, of course they don't.  Skins is a dead ringer for child molester Subway Jared, that dipshit Elad is virtually indistinguishable from a head of broccoli, and the other guy is just as much of a clown. 




Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: Duke Nukum on November 22, 2016, 12:29:00 PM
I wonder if Skins has his crack team of IT experts scrubbing the server of any links to Comet Ping Pong?
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: franksolich on November 22, 2016, 12:32:46 PM
I think it was all really stupid, both Skins and Jim Robinson of freerepublic.

There was never at any time any need to have Elad (in the case of Skins's island) and Jack or Joe or Jerry or whatever his name is, the son of Jim Robinson (in the case of freerepublic) to waste any time designing a unique message board format. 

They could've just as easily swiped SMF or somesuch other software and used that.  And because such are in common use, if there's a problem, it'd be easy to get the solution.

These are the sorts of idiots who instead of buying a car off the assembly-line in Detroit, insist upon "custom-making" their own vehicle, including the screws and nuts and bolts--and then when the thing breaks down, well, nobody has replacement parts on their shelves.

I just never got it; why was it so vitally important to have one's unique one-of-a-kind format?  What does standard stuff that's available lack that Skins's island and freerepublic don't have?
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: BadCat on November 22, 2016, 01:26:33 PM
I think it was all really stupid, both Skins and Jim Robinson of freerepublic.

There was never at any time any need to have Elad (in the case of Skins's island) and Jack or Joe or Jerry or whatever his name is, the son of Jim Robinson (in the case of freerepublic) to waste any time designing a unique message board format. 

They could've just as easily swiped SMF or somesuch other software and used that.  And because such are in common use, if there's a problem, it'd be easy to get the solution.

These are the sorts of idiots who instead of buying a car off the assembly-line in Detroit, insist upon "custom-making" their own vehicle, including the screws and nuts and bolts--and then when the thing breaks down, well, nobody has replacement parts on their shelves.

I just never got it; why was it so vitally important to have one's unique one-of-a-kind format?  What does standard stuff that's available lack that Skins's island and freerepublic don't have?

Hey Frank - which one of the DUmp brain trust was trying to turn his cat into a vegetarian?
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: Tucker on November 22, 2016, 01:57:31 PM
Who in their right mind would buy a star to a site that had just been hacked and credit card date compromised? (Don't answer. It's Rhetorical.)
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: Ptarmigan on November 22, 2016, 02:20:24 PM
I am not too sure if DU was hacked. I call BS on it.  :bs:

Probably by Christmas or even never. It is closed off to only Star Members.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: Ptarmigan on November 22, 2016, 02:21:06 PM
Hey Frank - which one of the DUmp brain trust was trying to turn his cat into a vegetarian?

That is animal cruelty!
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: franksolich on November 22, 2016, 02:23:05 PM
Hey Frank - which one of the DUmp brain trust was trying to turn his cat into a vegetarian?

That was the elusive enigmatic Elad, the computer pro.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: BadCat on November 22, 2016, 02:24:44 PM
That was the elusive enigmatic Elad, the computer pro.

I thought so.

So THAT is who is trying to get the DUmp put back together...an IDIOT who thinks that cats can be vegetarians, and posted on the DUmp for suggestions on how to MAKE his cat into a vegan.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: franksolich on November 22, 2016, 02:28:10 PM
I thought so.

So THAT is who is trying to get the DUmp put back together...an IDIOT who thinks that cats can be vegetarians, and posted on the DUmp for suggestions on how to MAKE his cat into a vegan.

That was so long ago I'm surprised anyone remembered it.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: Nobody Expects on November 22, 2016, 02:45:48 PM
I thought so.

So THAT is who is trying to get the DUmp put back together...an IDIOT who thinks that cats can be vegetarians, and posted on the DUmp for suggestions on how to MAKE his cat into a vegan.

  Hey, if he's stupid enough to want to make a cat vegan, maybe they were hacked after all...by a 9 year old.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: sharkhawk on November 22, 2016, 03:30:03 PM
The DUMP is up.
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: RayRaytheSBS on November 22, 2016, 03:53:13 PM
Isn't having to have a star to enter the Island the same as a legal restriction to enter a country?

You and your facts!  :rotf:
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: SVPete on November 22, 2016, 04:00:04 PM
Isn't having to have a star to enter the Island the same as a legal restriction to enter a country?

Think of it as Poster ID. :rimshot: :bolt:
Title: Re: poll: when is Skins going to re-open for business?
Post by: BlueStateSaint on November 23, 2016, 04:55:14 AM
As soon as the DU Troika can get their financial arrangement with Soros' Tides Foundation, they will be back up.  Next Monday.