neveronfriday Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 (edited) Because everyone here gets around a lot ... Some months ago I decided to leave a forum which I had been a member of for several years. The reason: too many provocative "free speech" issues that basically soured the atmosphere. Some days later I was invited to a private and hidden forum with over 60,000 members. I guess I was invited because many former members of forum A had disappeared to forum B (as I then found out). When I try to find this forum through the usual search engines, I don't find a single reference, which I find more than astonishing considering the large number of users. Now my question (please without any links or references): Are you aware of any other forums (aside from various porn forums or discussion groups I'm sure exist in such privacy) such as this one ... huge, invisible and private? I'm just generally interested. I'm surprised that there isn't a single reference on Google or Yahoo, although I'm sure there must be disgruntled users or some accidental mentions out there somewhere. Still, nothing. I wonder how you can "disconnect" such a huge undertaking from the rest of the Internet (this thing runs on phpBB2, btw). Edited January 20, 2006 by neveronfriday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Some days later I was invited to a private and hidden forum with over 60,000 members. Sounds very much like the 'NSA Today' chatroom? If your passport contains a dozen or so stamps from Damascus, Cyprus, Malta, etc and accumulated 'Awards Points' from the Holiday Inn Samarkand, Tbilisi or Madison, Wisconsin, you get that special invitation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hardbopjazz Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I have been a memeber of a forum that is job releated that you can't google and find. It goes through a VPN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neveronfriday Posted January 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 What's a VPN. Sth with Personal Network? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I'd tell you about our Musicboy Fan Board, but you guys are just too darned mean... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 What's a VPN. Sth with Personal Network? "Virtual Personal Network" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neveronfriday Posted January 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Naaaah. The members here are the sweetest, kindest and most open-minded users on the planet. Really. I kid you not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Some days later I was invited to a private and hidden forum with over 60,000 members. Sounds very much like the 'NSA Today' chatroom? If your passport contains a dozen or so stamps from Damascus, Cyprus, Malta, etc and accumulated 'Awards Points' from the Holiday Inn Samarkand, Tbilisi or Madison, Wisconsin, you get that special invitation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neveronfriday Posted January 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 What's a VPN. Sth with Personal Network? "Virtual Personal Network" Oops, yes, that must be it. I also use a VPN (IPsec ... whatever that means) client to (also) go through a university server. I've been connecting through these so often that I disabled their icons in the tray (and forgot about them). Duh, I'm not the tech-geek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Some days later I was invited to a private and hidden forum with over 60,000 members. Sounds very much like the 'NSA Today' chatroom? If your passport contains a dozen or so stamps from Damascus, Cyprus, Malta, etc and accumulated 'Awards Points' from the Holiday Inn Samarkand, Tbilisi or Madison, Wisconsin, you get that special invitation. Ha! I almost made it in, but I've never been to Madison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 What's a VPN. Sth with Personal Network? "Virtual Personal Network" I'll be damned. I've never heard of such a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Dye Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I'll be damned. I've never heard of such a thing. A good podcast about VPNs. http://thisweekintech.com/sn14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I could tell you about a few - but than I would have to kill each and every one of you - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I could tell you about a few - but than I would have to kill each and every one of you - Oh yeah, well I could kill you and chat about it on a VPN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I wonder why I like your new avatar, Jim.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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