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[drmike]

the revelation of the CC connection was the straw that broke the camel's back

 

Actually, unsure who or why LET was hacked but there was a long boiling insurrection in the stands being planned.  The hacks were some other unrelated issue.  Excellent timing and good work by those that peeked and probed and found.

Upon LET being hacked, everyone was graciously given admin access by the RobinHood character.  People peaked under the veil and found ColoCrossing staff behind the scenes operating LET/LEB.  They had been doing such by their own later confession for over a year, perhaps since Chief/Joel was given the site by the original LowEndAdmin for free to continue the community spirit.

This shouldn't have been news as Uncle Drunky told folks.  Others like @Nick_A / Ramnode unearthed months earlier the ad accounts on LET/LEB were going to Alex Vial at Colocrossing.  Upon discovery the slicksters changed the emails to something anonymous to hide reality.

Think vpsBoard has grown quickly?  You haven't seen anything yet.

 

[D. Strout]

a long boiling insurrection in the stands being planned

I didn't hear about this part? 

 

[drmike]

I didn't hear about this part? 

Well, after grumblings for over a year and some loud horn blowers screaming "BEWARE" enough probing and digging was done to establish folks running the site and some similar misbehavior.

A big enough contingent of folks looked/shared/saw data and research to all but clarify the story folks found when the hack occurred.

Needless to say, there were bans on LET, permabans and all sorts of unfair characterizations of some people - multiple people.  That didn't sit well with everyone and it was clear that Chief had some hot buttons that were easily pushed (i.e. claim he is partial to CC or is CC).

Some of us established private message spying was occurring too, prior to the hack.  Leaked private info basically that found its way elsewhere.  One or more moderators have said elsewhere that they read PMs.