Old m3forum content, you want it?

[0-60motorsports]

I'm probably going to import all old m3forum posts as "m3f_username" - and I can rename users/relink accounts on a per-user basis when asked. I'm nearing the end of my data validation and deduplication; I've recovered around a million posts. I'll probably have a first-round single-forum section import for the MODs here to review later tonight.

awesome! Thank you brother

[hogger453]

I think lots of Bans coming....

[Obioban]

liam821 a read only sub forum would be great.

What was the story with the actual backups from the original forum owners?

Could any of them be ressurected?

I know there was talk of file corruption at the time. Did backups ever actually exist?

Original owner (singular) has been MIA since before M3F went down, more or less presumed dead at this point.

If backups existed. he was the only person that had them.

[Obioban]

I think lots of Bans coming....

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what?

[hogger453]

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what?

just a joke

[oceansize]

The old forum was mostly terrible outside nostalgia. Why? Because most members didn't have the slightest clue what they were talking about, myself included, although I came near its demise. So much absolute crap information. Thirty page threads on nothing. Or illuminated door sills.

I remember that one dude (braymond or whatever the f$$$ his name was) who got really upset about leatherique and our leather seats. Like a thirty page thread on why it was bad. I think he ran the other competing forum (mforum) when the old forum went under. Although in fairness, he did seem to know what he was doing, but he like many other early members were absolute assholes.

This forum, IMO, is much better. The members have matured along with the platform and whatever information was lost has mostly been restored. Also, the vast amounts of useless information aren't around to pollute the search results.

I can totally understand wanting some old build threads back.

[ac427]

Perhaps we can get some of the BM3W forum restored too.

[Obioban]

Perhaps we can get some of the BM3W forum restored too.

I don’t know what that is?

[terra]

Original owner (singular) has been MIA since before M3F went down, more or less presumed dead at this point.

If backups existed. he was the only person that had them.

Someone is still paying for the m3forum.net domain renewals. Presumably automated, but still

[bigjae46]

Bring it back except for the classifieds stuff. That's just salt in the wounds. But I think at least the stickies and the coding sub-forum. That had some excellent info.

[mpower22]

I also agree in regard to usernames. Pretty much anyone who was either around a long time on M3F or had high status and reputation would have kept the same username here for familiarity.

[Sharocks]

I also agree in regard to usernames. Pretty much anyone who was either around a long time on M3F or had high status and reputation would have kept the same username here for familiarity.

Yes, but also infamy.

LOL

[liam821]

I'm importing threads now; so far, it's going smoothly. I was able to recover ~1 million posts, although I'm going to skip the classifieds and a few other channels. It's not complete; some threads are missing pages or just completely gone.

I also agree in regard to usernames. Pretty much anyone who was either around a long time on M3F or had high status and reputation would have kept the same username here for familiarity.

Anyone who wants their old posts linked to their current nam3forum account can PM me personally. I wrote a little script to fix posts after the fact, and I can do it on a one-by-one basis.

[Bimma360]

The old forum was mostly terrible outside nostalgia. Why? Because most members didn't have the slightest clue what they were talking about, myself included, although I came near its demise. So much absolute crap information. Thirty page threads on nothing. Or illuminated door sills.

I remember that one dude (braymond or whatever the f$$$ his name was) who got really upset about leatherique and our leather seats. Like a thirty page thread on why it was bad. I think he ran the other competing forum (mforum) when the old forum went under. Although in fairness, he did seem to know what he was doing, but he like many other early members were absolute assholes.

This forum, IMO, is much better. The members have matured along with the platform and whatever information was lost has mostly been restored. Also, the vast amounts of useless information aren't around to pollute the search results.

I can totally understand wanting some old build threads back.

Brett (braymond) is a good dude though. Incredibly particular and OCD when it comes to this stuff, and as a result yes can be blunt and at times abrasive. He's got a doppelgänger in the e30 community named Jordan. The vast majority of people on forums in general don't have the slightest clue what they are talking about. People like Brett and Jordan don't sugar coat things, and ultimately are passionate enough about the details that they can't help themselves from simply not responding. Personalities like that just don't have any tolerance for even mediocrity. You can't blame them.

I think a lot of Brett's stuff was lost with M3F. But here are two examples of Jordan's builds. When we are talking this level of work, they can nitpick whatever the hell they want if you ask me. Leatherique really does suck, haha.

https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/forum/general-forums/members-rides/the-project-forum/335697-project-lessmeister-91-318is-restomod-w-mtech2-and-modern-drivetrain/page48

This one in particular, albeit not as cool as the one above, gives a rough idea on the very first post:

https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/forum/general-forums/members-rides/9935947-july-2020-car-of-the-month-jordan

[oceansize]

People like Brett and Jordan don't sugar coat things, and ultimately are passionate enough about the details that they can't help themselves from simply not responding. Personalities like that just don't have any tolerance for even mediocrity. You can't blame them.

He wouldn't talk that way in real life facing someone, so don't do it on the internet. Be polite and be nice (if you can't move on). It costs nothing.

And before you say he would talk that way in real life, you and I both know that greatly depends on who it is standing in front of them.

Class keyboard hard ass.