- Joined
- Nov 14, 2012
Featured on Feb 2, 2023 by Null: 10 Years of Kiwi Farms
On October 31st, I made this statement:
When Zayo cut service, I was about ready to give up. I reached out to some people and said as much. Thankfully, we found some help with Epik and Terrahost. After #DropKiwiFarms managed to get Terrahost's T1s to also block our network, we had help from other tenacious people in the industry who are still providing announcements. I'm looking to get a presence in an IX to further help solidify our foothold on the big-I Internet.
Right now, things are looking very good. I still haven't completely undone the damage but the most important pieces are rock solid. I've even had time to start fixing things and writing code again. The financial support is there and things are moving along. With FedNow coming out in 2023, we might actually be able to finance things like a normal business.
Back when I wrote that post, I had a fear that once I got us back online, people would just be gone. Too much downtime, too much media noise, and the hack scare would have been a killing blow to any other community. It didn't even take a week for the familiar faces to come back and now it's almost like the downtime never happened.
Ultimately it's the people that use the site that keep it up, and I'm glad that so many have stuck around through thick and thin. I still recognize names that were around before I even started hosting the CWCki Forums in 2013. It's very gratifying, I'm happy to be here with you, and I'm thankful for all that I've learned by reassembling Theseus's Ship twelve times over now.
I don't know what to expect in the future, but there's a good chance the Kiwi Farms will still be there to make fun of it.
Happy 10th Anniversary!
Josh
P.S. lol. lmao.
When Zayo cut service, I was about ready to give up. I reached out to some people and said as much. Thankfully, we found some help with Epik and Terrahost. After #DropKiwiFarms managed to get Terrahost's T1s to also block our network, we had help from other tenacious people in the industry who are still providing announcements. I'm looking to get a presence in an IX to further help solidify our foothold on the big-I Internet.
Right now, things are looking very good. I still haven't completely undone the damage but the most important pieces are rock solid. I've even had time to start fixing things and writing code again. The financial support is there and things are moving along. With FedNow coming out in 2023, we might actually be able to finance things like a normal business.
Back when I wrote that post, I had a fear that once I got us back online, people would just be gone. Too much downtime, too much media noise, and the hack scare would have been a killing blow to any other community. It didn't even take a week for the familiar faces to come back and now it's almost like the downtime never happened.
Ultimately it's the people that use the site that keep it up, and I'm glad that so many have stuck around through thick and thin. I still recognize names that were around before I even started hosting the CWCki Forums in 2013. It's very gratifying, I'm happy to be here with you, and I'm thankful for all that I've learned by reassembling Theseus's Ship twelve times over now.
I don't know what to expect in the future, but there's a good chance the Kiwi Farms will still be there to make fun of it.
Happy 10th Anniversary!
Josh
P.S. lol. lmao.
