Anyone from the older WHT Era around?

I haven't been around these forums in years. Looking back and thinking of the many awesome people I met and worked with from this community in the Premium section. Wondering if anyone is around these days, seems like all new faces.

Join Date 03-10-04. I just checked. I guess I am older I remember "before the hack"

How old is old?

I was around on WHT since 2007, but on & off. So I haven't used it as I should.

Wow, time flies!

(Perldesk.) We actually still use perldesk as primary support for one of our hosting brands. It still works! (Although we've had to kick it a few times over the years.) If it 'aint broke.. don't fix it. Right guys? Guys?

There's quite a few of them around. Some are all grown up

It's nice and reassuring to see the oldies are still here. Allow me to express my gratitude for making WHT what it is now.

No affiliation to this website, but to answer your question; https://extension.illinois.edu/wims/how-old-is-old.cfm

R.I.P Headsurfer To this day, I still miss EV1/RackShack. Memba when life was simple? When nobody ran cPanel because it was full of bugs?

Do I count? It's sure been a minute or two...

Count me in

I know some few good people that I do not see here any longer. Gonna miss them

The participation from most of the members have been a drastic decline in recent years.

Still about. I guess one of the first. Still some decent content but not sure what happened since say 2007, time to capitalize was several years ago, instead we see forced https redirect landing in 2019 (the shame) and other stuff winding down such as the irrelevant hostingcon/some-news-site-that-i-forgot-name-of. No one has heard of WHT nowadays outside of i-use/i-resell/i-sell/i-relicense cpanel circles, 95% could be merge into a cpanel sub forum. The decline is relevant as it speaks volumes, and very much related to this topic, as the under investment in the last few years has had an impact on those participating in the early days, do we still have encoding mismatches on page 1 for non asciii characters?

I miss Ev1servers, Server Matrix, The Planet etc the simplicity is no longer there.

I've been here since sometime.... actually don't know when. My dry humor and stinging comments did not fit some people... lol Plus this section died a slow death so....

Been here since 08-16-05 so yep

Yeah, it's crazy to think how the past 12 years for me have gone!

It's the same all over, but what does that have to do with the thread topic?

It has been so long.. that I have to post and see what it says as I do not know. Then again, this wasn't my first account either... geesh

Been here since 2001, been lurking every since.

LOL, I enjoyed our little back and forths. Was just talking about WHT with a work mate, and thought I'd jump over here and see what's up.

Lots of familiar faces in here. What a ride it's been eh?

Hey, I'm still here

I remember just joining WHT. Ah the memories.

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Still around as well! I should get around to removing my AIM/ICQ details at some point though. lol...

Chris! How are things man?

2004 - Since the age of 13, with my first dedicated server. 31 now, Reading my post history is painful.

I'm one of them....right?

Warnings and infractions since 2008 You could have just have said my name I think a handful of solid core members are still around that share relevant and positive posts. It has calmed down from some of the train wreck topics. One post, and 78 replies within each page refresh!

Don't get me wrong, I only have/use this one in the last ~decade but I had one before this... no idea what the username even was, years ago lost all of those records

There was a time where ev1 introduced 300GB with Cobalt and we were all enjoying

Have been WHT fan..Yes I agree I no longer check messages often for last couple of years. I still remember people online on the footer..OMG! Good old days. 10 Years back I have got many contacts, server management orders, hired for years..Looking back! Years are like days.

I come and go and have done since 2003. I think I was a lurker before then. WHT never loses its appeal, but one is too busy these days and I like to switch-off outside of office hours. When I first started, I spent 20 hours a day mixed between business and WHT lol. It is the most invaluable resource I've found for operating in the hosting industry, my peers on here are an encyclopaedia of knowledge and experience.

Good question, am I still around?

Still here.... Lurking as always.... :-)

Even so, please use that link. Thanks!

Been here since 2008, so eleven years on and off. It's been a blast and I've certainly learned a lot from WHT.

Mostly a lurker these days since I sold my last hosting company. Still come to see what's going on though.

I still lurk from time totime. I joined back in 2004 when hosting was a different animal.

Still active on WHT

Wait a minute I have been on this board since feb 2002... that is 17 years

Yes its sad people are so easily controlled and led down a control path...... WHT has an SSL cert but these people dstill complain,EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO NEED FOR SSL HERE!! Truly very sad..... No one has use of thier own minds now and its sad.....

Ya I miss the ealier days...

Lurk every onces in a while. Normaly when some article in the WHT Insider catches my attention.

Do I count?

Lot more crowded and fun here a decade ago.

Yup still lurking around here if anyone remembers who I am LOL

SSL should be mandatory on all websites *, a web forum about hosting should at the forefront of this advocating. It's not that you consider your WHT profile and PMs etc.. top secrets there are other concerns such as MITM injection that could affect other websites (e.g. inject a payload that makes a GET request to a delete button on your CRM - yes some CRMs are built with destructive actions on a GET path), ease of local DNS poisoning, and even for performance, please read up via Tory Hunt. On the performance issue HTTP/2 is https only not directly by spec but due to browser support (iiuc), and with the initial handshake reduced to a minimal number of round trip combined with CDN edge termination you'd have to be insane to preference standard http:80 as we move forward unless you like the slow web. I recall from a previous thread you still use IE6 and champion that as secure, I don't spend too much time on this but you missing out of opt-in enhancements that make your browsing more secure including CORS, X-Frame-Options, HSTS, and so on, heck I dont even think IE6 can take advantage of ASLR. If you want the old web of http and IE6 that's fine but let's stop spreading this nonsense that its secure, and I have no idea what conspiracy theory you on with "control path" Returning to my controlling overlords... * I had a discussion with the owner of a coworking space the other day we talked about how many people leave their laptops unlocked and then moved on to MITM, we seriously considering blocking port 80 at the end of year at the mitrok router - thats how seriously I'd push this.

I think I'd qualify as "old era WHT"

I check in once in a great while....Rarely post though.

ping ping

You made troubleshooting too easy for everyone with your intodns.com thus less drama at WHT

Aussie Aussie Aussie!

Depends how old you are To 10 year olds, 30 is real old.

I still pop in every once in a while, though nowhere near as much as I used to 'back in the day'

Hello Hello!

I can’t remember how long I have been on this site. Maybe that makes me an old-timer. Join Date 07-01-12 This is my first post!

I still see many from 10 plus years ago popping up regularly.

Oi! Oi! Oi!?

We are glad your still here Jan,your one of our favourites and it would be sad if you left...... (And Bear also)

Sajan! Glad to see you again.

I have been around since 2008/2009 and was pretty active through 2010/2011 at the forefront of Cloud-based servers and "cloud" in general. Unfortunately, I did not use a third-part email when registering back then and sold the domain that my account's email was based on. I had no clue what I used for my password, and WHT was not thrilled in the least about giving out access to someone in this type of predicament. LOL, they were tight. I even gave up personal info, contact details, and knew the exact email address. I was about five emails deep in the correspondence when I just decided to give up and start over.

I've been quiet, but reading a few posts every so often.

This Industry has matured and slowed down a little. Things are moving in ever new directions, here & there. I'm guessing some have simply moved on to conquer other new bleeding edge areas of IT.

Guess that's a yes

I'm still around, I visit every few months to see if anything has changed, and not much has changed around here! Tom

Glad to see you all

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still here after nearly 15 years it seems. on the upside, rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated : P

Not very much active though in recent years, miss those good old days.

Your life has been enriched from knowing me. Amiright?

Been on here for quite a few years and some years before this account. Good thing there isn't time tracking on here sure I've clocked more hours than I'd like to know about!

Looking forward to join you guys in a decade.

Hi there. I think I count as one of the OG's now

Its seriously been an era. Like really quite all around. It feels home coming back here How are you all doing?

Yikes, the oldies are still a bit active Good to see that this forum still has the great veteran members who do lurk around sometimes

10 years still here

I'm still here now and then.

I guess I count as an old member. Haven't needed any new hosting since 2010 though. My current host has been great but now I'm on the look out for dedicated servers so I've come back for some advice.

I think I joined WHT forum 11 year ago. On that time price of hosting was very high comparing to current price.

Still lurking every so often. Still hosting my own, family & friends sites at Dathorn.

Still here but now all my posts are automated based on a random twitter feed. And get off of my lawn.

Still here! I've been here awhile but wouldn't call myself an old-timer (I haven't been here that long!). I recognize a lot of the old-timers from this thread. -mike

11 years, still here, still mostly a troll.

o/ - Don't post as often as I should, but still around, and still subscribed to new/interesting threads.

10 years ago the webhostingtalk was better, I tried the Premium membership in past and I can say most pointless waste of money especially now as the webhostingtalk does not generate a penny, elsewhere is better now in way of community and moderators are not paranoid about signatures!

Since 2004. Forum has become boring with most new posts adverts and "New Member" robot posts. It has lost its relevancy

I am pretty new here and good to see some elders popped here Don't leave us, we need you here

Hey Mike I am here also buddy!!!! Its good to see some older people still here (I mean from the beg of WHT)

What exactly does TROLL mean?? I get called that all the time and I dont like it.... I looked it up and it says its someone who likes to cause problems.... I DONT DO THAT!!!!!! WHEN I SAY I LOVE ANALOGUE I MEAN IT!!!!!!!! -- Im not trying to force my views on anyone,I just have strong opinions on some things... On 1 site someone said years ago "Dude is the best example of an innocent troll I have ever seen" Does it bother people when someone like me WHO ISNT A SHEEPLE MORON and can think for themselves comes and starts talking about different stuff than everyone else is or likes??? I dunno.......

Been here since 02

If you want to discuss something with moderators, in public isn't the place. Feel free to report a post of yours and we'd be happy to.

Join Date: 06-23-05 Will be 15 years in 2 weeks, time flies! Never been that active on WHT.

Can't beat the good old days. Not old myself though almost 2011

Bro! How have you been? We used to chat a lot back and forth in threads! -mike

It's good to see some old names popping up here. Like many, I moved from active user to occasional lurker several years ago. I do miss those explosive threads mentioned earlier, though.

you sure? Says '04

I suppose I must count as from the 'older WHT era'. Lurk and occasionally login these days.

It has been a while..

Well I still active here, not as old as many of yours but not from yesterday. Cheers!

Ya we sure did I have a CSS file I can use here that makes the bases FULL SCREEN like they used to be on VB3.x here... (Otherwise they are scrunched to the left side (Only 1/2 way across)) How have ya been??

Ya I miss the original WHT also Im glad Jan and Bear are still here and now we have Postbox.... I dont think he was here then...

If we're talking about 'lurking' and not registering up to the forum... I think I could add another year onto my 'WHT age'.

I joined in 2007 (13 years ago). Not as active these days though.

Joined in Nov., 2000 and first post in June, 2020? Wow!

Still here! Mainly lurk these days while I have breakfast/lunch.

Ahh, you're more tech-savvy than me! I just made myself get used to the reduced screen percentage. Lol I've been really well! Just busy as always. -mike

Here we are

Some of us are still around - more now (thanks, cpanel!) than in the past x years because of various issues, in my case, but still alive (thanks, modern medicine!) and kicking. I think @ eva2000 remembers when WHT was first starting off. Fun fact: we actually hosted the first incarnation of WHT. At the time, we were just starting, without any fulltime, dedicated staff, and it very rapidly outgrew what we could do then, so moved off elsewhere. Ah, the good old days....

Who remembers perldesk? Best support desk software of it's time.

Haha! Sounds like something I'd do.

I was around back in 2012; however I no longer have access to the old email address to do any account resets, and with the old account having a post count of only 5. I am back after 7 years and to make more of a contribution than I did then. The community does seem a little less "crowded" and the posts seem more under control. So thanks to Admin and the Moderation Team.

Still here checking in now and then...

Yeah seems like another lifetime ago now. So much has changed in web hosting world in the past 19+ yrs ! (with exception of WHT's choice of forum software LOL - sorry couldn't help myself )

Who are you? Oh... I do! Used both Perldesk and Perlbill for some time. Probably still have a copy lying around somewhere.

I still stick my head in now and then. Wish I had more time like I used to to read threads all day.

Since you're only allowed one of those, we need you to reach out to us to fix that. Use this link, please: https://www.webhostingtalk.com/report.php?p=10143301

Still alive and kicking over here.

Long story behind that

I signed up back in 2011 but was not active for years, got back now again

Yes, many of us are still around.

Thanks Bear. I’ve submitted a report. Also heads up the forum posts don’t show on safari on iPhone.

Mmmmmmmm I think I am still alive. Been a long time.

Still around, since 2004, time flies doesn't it?

Oof! Wonder if they’d still work

Here since 2008ish, and it definitely has slowed down, but that's to be expected: forums in general are dying off in favor of social media

Hey SCNIS Hopefully Bear can help ya get your original acct back soon (Im sure he can)

Hows it going @ SajanP ?

2004? Your profile says 2005.

I'd have to trawl through all my old ZIP disks to find it, but that would be interesting. I'll add it to my ever growing "free time" list, now in it's 50th page or so.

Still here, browsing around most of the time but haven't participated as much nowadays.

Still here since 2001.. Lurker more than poster as most of you... -Steven

Came here in 2002 to learn new things and still learning new things by visit once in a while.

Good point, so we'll deduct the lurking time then? Personally, I am very thankful for WHT, the people I have interacted with here over the years and the things I learned. Wondering what the future holds for WHT in its current format though.

Not as old as some of you, but I've been here for nearly a decade!

still here, just lurking

I'm from 2006, and @ DanielP is from 2000. Not much good to comment on these days...

It is good to see you all

Wow. I remember ordering some logos from you like 5-10 years ago.

Aussie Bob!!!!! You were the guy who saved a lot of people after MCHost went kapoot. You saved me. At one point, I was going to throw in the towel, but you gave me inspiration to continue... just about 20 years ago now, we had a conversation about self-employment and things like that. I'm glad I didn't quit my dream, and since then... life has certainly had ups and downs.. but the choice to stay self-employed 20 years ago was never a regret and has allowed me to achieve my dreams, and then some. Thank you!