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How long has it been since this site closed?

I'm guessing about 5 years but it has probably been longer. Anyone know for sure?

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SoCo said 10 years.

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Almost 10. 2008.

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Just over 9 years, it seems!

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Wow I didn't think it had been that long. So what's the deal, Rockster is the mastermind behind this site and he finally decided to take some time and put it all back together? I think we all owe him a great big round of applause! Hip hip hooray!

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:)

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Itโ€™s something Iโ€™ve wanted to do for a long time. The site had been on my mind constantly. I only recently came across the skills needed to take on the project, so here we are!

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Hi Doc. Good to see you back. Your humor is one of a kind; and your replies are usually spot on the money!

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And you kept the same avatar - somehow - too!

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yeah its been a while. Know someone who used to help me alot. Tord Martell, he had a picture of himself as a child as his avator. sadly he passed away nearly 2 years ago.

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So far I've invited Shane, Ilse, Vikram, Tyffani, Nikki, Max, and a bunch of others. Hopefully we will soon be one big happy family again.
And this is a family. Welcome home everybody.

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I've invited Ade,Mitzi,Dave,Jess,Illse,Manthy,Dyal and others.

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Still can't get in touch with Lillies or Cathetel. Also Big Alone and Mums the Word.

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soco wrote:
Almost 10. 2008.

It's not that long.
Help.com started having problems 2012 I think.
I joined in 2007/8. It was still going 5 yrs after that.
Think it got took over 2013.

When did Helptogo start?
I think it could've been a year after help.com.๐Ÿค”

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Helptogo started Jul. 4, 2012. Thats the date the domain was registered.
However, I do not consider it as a replacement to the original. If it was as good as the original, @Rockster160 would have dedicated a lot of time and funding to get this site back to its current state.

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would NOT have

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No I wasn't suggesting that, Soco.
I was just saying that it's not been ten years since the original help finished.

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The last image capture on the internet wayback machine was 04/08/2009. It went dark shortly after that.

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I know it had been having problems for a while.
I think it was admin who told me it was going to close,im not sure..

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CORRECTION
Here is the screen shot of OH (original help) on January 19,2014
https://web.archive.org/web/20140119020127/http...

Two days prior I had found evidence that the domain had been sold to another entity. THAT was the last day of Help, not what I said earlier. My apologies to everyone.

On Jan. 28, 2014 The site appeared with totally different formatting.' help . com / forum /'

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soco wrote:
The last image capture on the internet wayback machine was 04/08/2009. It went dark shortly after that.

See reply above

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I thought it was a lot later,nvm its past now.
Time to start afresh.

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The old Help was still active in 2010. My dad died in 2010 and I remember logging into Help then.
When i came back home, I had no internet, so I went quiet for a while.
The original Help died in 2012. I remember trying to find it but kept run non across some clickbait website passing itself off as "Help."
Sorry...I just have to say this...
F#(K YOU CBS!
There was not one warning - NOTHING! (still pi$$e$ me off to date, but I digress.)
Then, the clickbait website sold the name to other outfit. So the balls AND the sack were completely whacked!

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Yeah I thought it was around those dates, Al.
I remember someone (think it was admin) who told me it had been sold as well.

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soco wrote:
CORRECTION
Here is the screen shot of OH (original help) on January 19,2014
https://web.archive.org/web/20140119020127/http...

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soco wrote:

soco wrote:
CORRECTION
Here is the screen shot of OH (original help) on January 19,2014
https://web.archive.org/web/20140119020127/http...

Yeah - that's the most precise kill date. Sometimes i,m away for a while nd those were some foggy times for me so...yeah.

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And you kept the same avatar - somehow - too!

You didn't think I'd lose that Dr. Ralph Club thing did you? Haa it's all over the world wide web. Big Al made that for me, it's kind of special.

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I think I found it in 2011 in high school and used it constantly two or three years afterward as the glitches were killing it until it was sold. Those were the hardest years of my life, I wonder how much I owe to this place sometimes. I think it has been about five years, like you said. Most people don't count when it was mostly dead, but that's when it was saving me!

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verge wrote:
I think I found it in 2011 in high school and used it constantly two or three years afterward as the glitches were killing it until it was sold. Those were the hardest years of my life, I wonder how much I owe to this place sometimes. I think it has been about five years, like you said. Most people don't count when it was mostly dead, but that's when it was saving me!

Glad you came back to give back. That to me is the real reason this place exists. (((((HUGS)))))

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So where's mr. greenjeans verge? The guy out there in Colorado that always had a green shirt on and then his avatar just had a green theme. I think you two had a constant conversation going. Michael something.. wow it's been a long time.

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Was it Michael Lieberman or something?

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Evansent wrote:
Was it Michael Lieberman or something?

Yep. It was him. You have a great memory๐Ÿ™‚

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Haha I wish!

I admired that guys intelligence so much,he is not an easy person to forget.๐Ÿ˜‰

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No R you two. Computers make it waaaay too easy to find people. Maybe I shouldn't even post this...

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DocteurRalph wrote:
https://Computers make it waaaay too easy to find people. Maybe I shouldn't even post this...

He and I were fb friends for a while, too; I think it was partly that we live so close that he "unfriended" me years ago. And he's a very private person. Or maybe other reasons, who knows?

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I really enjoyed his comments. He definitely thinks outside of the box. There are a lot of people I'd like to see back, but I guess maybe it's rude to creep around and find out who they are and go talk to them. Probably not as rude as posting their fb profile though. Guess I'll edit that. Well that didn't work it's still on the quote from PJ...

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DocteurRalph wrote:
I really enjoyed his comments. He definitely thinks outside of the box. There are a lot of people I'd like to see back, but I guess maybe it's rude to creep around and find out who they are and go talk to them. Probably not as rude as posting their fb profile though. Guess I'll edit that. Well that didn't work it's still on the quote from PJ...

Got it :)Love the edit feature :)

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DocteurRalph wrote:
So where's mr. greenjeans verge? The guy out there in Colorado that always had a green shirt on and then his avatar just had a green theme. I think you two had a constant conversation going. Michael something.. wow it's been a long time.

I don't think he will come back here, but I'm not sure. We still have a somewhat constant conversation. He has a headache right now, probably because of me...oops. I love him. :)

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