Are there threads on archive about this? I wasn't around and think it would be a good idea to link to relevant threads if possible.
Nope, that's the tragedy of it.
P-J Comix's
DUmmie FUnnies threads on the subject on freerepublic still exist, but the biggest one, the most massive enormous one, was erased by the owner of that site, pissed off because one of the acolytes of the then-not late red round one had whined about something franksolich had done.
There were three days in June 2005 that single
DUmmie FUnnies threads on freerepublic garnered more traffic than
all of Skins's island put together.
And a fourth day where it came close.
Think about that; a
single thread having more traffic than a whole entire message-board.
I dunno why the owner of freerepublic didn't like his site covering the scam; it was interesting, it was entertaining, and increased the membership rolls.
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There was also extensive coverage of the scam at our old home, conservativeunderground, but alas our old home went up in flames in early 2008, losing all its material, having to start all over again.
conservativecave didn't come into existence until December 2007, two and a half years after the scam rocked the internet, so there's no original material about it here.
scamdy.com was dedicated to the scam, but sometime the autumn of 2007, two years after the issue was pretty much over and interest lagged, I took it down, but not knowing at the time how to save all the stuff--and there was lots and lots of stuff, about 90% of which hadn't made it on a public message-board yet--I just took it down, let it go.