Random memory

[pne]

Once upon a time, there was a LiveJournal clone site called MindSay. (It's still around, but it's no longer a LiveJournal clone.)

They had customised the site a fair amount; it was the clone that least resembled LiveJournal from all the ones I knew. (For example, they had implemented a new style system which they called "v2" or "S4".)

But some parts were still very similar, including the support board. I did support there for a while, and after a while got supporthelp and supportclose. (There were very few people doing support at the time -- maybe three or so who were at all regular, plus one of the guys who ran the site.)

One request I remember is of someone who was offended by a particular community that counted down the days until Emma Watson (who plays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films) turned 18 and would "be legal". As I recall, I told him that there wasn't anything MindSay was going to do about the community and that they were free to post their countdown even if he disagreed with the practice.

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[eva]

HP fen are the craziest people you can imagine, and that goes for every faction.

[alsatia.livejournal.com]

Heh. I wandered into MindSay support, answered a question or two and realized I didn't know enough thanks to all their customizations, and came back months later to discover I'd been randomly given supporthelp. I'd check to see if I've still got it, but I doubt I can even figure out what my password was.

[pne.livejournal.com]

came back months later to discover I'd been randomly given supporthelp.

I guess they took what they could get -- as I said, there were really few who had any clue and/or bothered to check the board in the first place.

I'd check to see if I've still got it

I doubt it -- they've completely revamped the place last time I looked, and I can imagine there isn't even any LiveJournal code there any more, not even in the support area. (I don't think there is even a volunteer-run support area any more.)

[ibneko.livejournal.com]

Woah, I remember MindSay. Sometime ago, when I still ran my own (very small, friends-only) livejournal clone, I had gone around to peek at all the other livejournal clones out there and signed up for an account there. And used it a few times...

(oh, wow, my journal and account still exists. The browser authentication is a bit odd though... wonder why they choose to do that over livejournal's authentication system... wait, is it even still a livejournal clone? files with an extension ".mws"....)

[pne.livejournal.com]

The browser authentication is a bit odd though... wonder why they choose to do that over livejournal's authentication system...

Yeah, that was one of the changes I noticed, too.

It was actually rather refreshing to see a site that wasn't a cookie-cutter clone, but actually had some of their own customisations. (And not just a phpBB grafted on or something.)

wait, is it even still a livejournal clone? files with an extension ".mws"....

I think not.

I'm not sure whether it's a complete re-write or whether there's still some LiveJournal code in places somewhere, but judging by how different it seemed last time I checked (a year ago or so?), I can imagine that it's all new.