I once was aggressively called "Guiri" by a drunken Spanishman. Ironically, he was the one who was being uncouth; I was a perfect gentleman. — Jamal

I obviously trust that you were behaving genuinely, Jamal.

When we are drunk, we tend to be dangerous and disruptive... the consequences of having such a big percentage of 'enthusiasm' in our DNA. Like Italians and Balkans folks.

Wait... Am I the only one who thinks this topic is sneakily becoming The Shoutbox 2.0?

No. Parallel "thinking" is happening elsewhere about the topic.
Nothing unusual....?
smile

Ooo a Discord server, nice! Will join later today. The other philosophy servers on Discord aren't bad per se, but the topics I've seen covered are quite limited.

A TPF one would probably suite me. Good plan B.

The site has been down for a while today and I don’t know if we’re safe and sound yet. It got me thinking we should have somewhere online to gather if that happens again. — Jamal

@Jamal It seems that the Philosophy Now forum is having similar problems. There is a suggestion that Rick Lewis might end the forum >>> Panic amongst the members! A thread's been started to find a new home. TPF has been briefly considered:

So, what are some good alternative sites?

"The Philosophy Forum" evidently only accepts "invited" new members.

And "Online Philosophy Club," which is presided over by "Eckhart Aurelius Hughes" (formerly known as "Scott" :D ), is absolutely flooded with advertisement banners (even between posts).

I'm still waiting for some alternative suggestions that will be better than ILP. — Philosophy Now Forum

That made me wonder about the criteria for being accepted? I didn't have to go through that process and can't find information on 'how to join'...
You should make 'em pay! :wink:

Just like to add thanks for being a considerate and communicative owner. Thinking ahead...

That made me wonder about the criteria for being accepted? I didn't have to go through that process and can't find information on 'how to join'... — Amity

The following message, visible if you're not logged in, is pinned to the top under the title Joining The Philosophy Forum:

The Philosophy Forum is now invitation-only, but anyone who wants to take part in philosophical discussions and who can follow the site guidelines is very welcome to join.

If you'd like us to send you an invitation, send an email to infoatthephilosophyforumdotcom telling us something about yourself, why you'd like to join, and what you're interested in.

Those emails go to me, and if they exhibit a genuine interest in philosophy and an ability to write reasonably well in English, I usually send an invitation.

Thanks, I don't know how I missed it!

:up:

If you're anything like me you never log out, in which case you'll never see it.

I don't much like Discord. I tried to accept the invite but then it or me got confused because I have an already existing Discord account under a different email to the one I use for philosophyforum. I was hoping in case of a crash I could make contact via the PF Facebook page.

Here we go again... We already have discussed it on Discord, but since many folks—most of them― don't have this platform, so maybe some of you were unaware of what was going on. Here you have the link to the site and read what we discussed: TPF Haven. Shoutbox 2.0

Here we go again... — javi2541997

Good of you to direct unaware newcomers to the Discord site.

Yes. I noticed TPF was AWOL this morning. I assumed it was the same problem as discussed previously. Being one of those who didn't join Discord, I am unaware of progress or other plans for TPF.

I would hope if and when there is anything substantial to report, then @Jamal will notify TPF members. :sparkle:

We have now been upgraded to the medium plan, so this shouldn't happen again.

Thank you :up:

I would hope if and when there is anything substantial to report, then Jamal will notify TPF members. — Amity

Yes, absolutely. You—and the rest of TPF members—will be notified when there is a substantial report. But I thought it was a good idea to provide the link to Discord to all of them who could be interested in the discussion on the other platform.

We have now been upgraded to the medium plan, so this shouldn't happen again. — Jamal

Great! Thanks! :up:

Another thing I noticed, and I sent a message to you about it but didn't get a reply, is that when I sent for changing my password I don't get an email properly for it. Not in the trash or spam folder either. So if there's ever some strike of hackers registering our passwords, it might be impossible to change for some.

Is this something to maybe look into so that people won't be locked out or unable to secure their account if the site gets hacked in the future?

Sorry I didn't reply, Christoffer. I haven't had any similar reports; I think lots of people get notifications by email, and nobody has told me that's not working. I'll look into it though. Could be your email address is blocked or something.

I tried it myself from a different email address and it worked for me, and I can't find any blocks relating to your email address, so I don't know what's up.

Password reset email shows up for me, too. :confused:

Try sending yourself an email or check your storage space/settings. Add infoatthephilosophyforumdotcom as a contact/preferred sender or to your email client's whitelist. One of those should do the trick.

Add infoatthephilosophyforumdotcom as a contact/preferred sender or to your email client's whitelist. One of those should do the trick. — Outlander

Thanks, this did do the trick. :up: Glad it wasn't a wide spread thing.

thank you. (Incidentally I did sort out my multiple ID issues on Discord so can now find the life-raft in the event of further trouble.)