More Glitches in the ATS Matrix

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I have no desire to see ATS die.

Whatever happened in October presents way too much of a security risk for my taste.

Never going back unless something drastically - and durably - changes.

The whole thing is just sad.

I agree with you. I don't post there anymore and have no intention to, though once in a while I'll still go read but I'm fairly well convinced at this point the site is compromised. I'm surprised most people even entertained the idea of giving some random 3rd party your info in some random chatroom not officially related to ATS in order to regain access. No thanks! HUGE red flag!

I personally don't think ATS was hacked or anything of the sort. I think the seemingly unknown/shady org that bought the place has done this intentionally. I believe the actual goal is to kill the site.

It seems to me that maybe they wanted to see how many of the users are "real" or at least willing to continue posting... reset everyone's passwords, claim DB shenanigans, get them to contact you, Now, you have a full list of all the actual active membership of the site. I would even go so far as to say that perhaps the ownership is purposely making access difficult for certain parties they do not want posting there, hoping they'll leave of their own accord instead of being banned and signing up for a new account?

I vaguely recall a $300K number being passed around before the sale. If I had paid $300K for a site like ATS, I sure wouldn't be letting DB issues and mail server problems destroy my investment. So, the party who purchased it is either completely in over their head and has absolutely no idea how to admin the site, or the problems being experienced are intentional. I just don't see someone forking out that kind of money and then wasting it unless they intended to do so.

I have an interest in the site, but I will not pay $300K for a site that makes no profit. I wish, if nothing else, the ownership would at least release the message DB so that it can be saved and published elsewhere for the benefit of the community. I doubt this will ever happen. It would be pretty awesome if we had an ATS-II (DenyIgnorance?) that actually had the post history to be referred to. I suspect the current ownership there is planning to let ATS die on the vine. Just my two-sense here but I think the writing is clearly on the wall and has been for some time.