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Oct 29, 2026
Jason OffuttGUEST
And then all of a sudden, they just kind of dropped off as well.
Jason OffuttGUEST
Whenever the website Something Awful had a contest, make up a monster, and the winner was Slender Man.
Jason OffuttGUEST
And there were actual Slender Man sightings.
Jason OffuttGUEST
After that, and I started wondering if there's some entity out there paying attention to humanity.
Winslow DumaineHOST
yeah that makes sense well i hope she's in a better place
Jay BrandstetterHOST
when i recall she was it was a couple years ago but you know Next part, this is about the technical stagnation of the site, because like something awful, Fur Affinity is more or less unchanged from the 2000s.
Jay BrandstetterHOST
So I went on the Internet Archive.
Jay BrandstetterHOST
This is Fur Affinity in 2006 when it just started.
Jay BrandstetterHOST
understand a lot of it was just some of it's just like basic like clerical stuff like you know people report like this wasn't filed as mature it needs to be mature this was falsely labeled as adult it needs to be general or something
Winslow DumaineHOST
moderation team
Jay BrandstetterHOST
yeah there's also like this user is harassing me yeah like a lot of these volunteer moderators again kind of like something awful where the administrators are also doing moderation work and they have like their own teams and everything
Winslow DumaineHOST
so these people are paid salaries
KneonHOST
So 4chan's down.
KneonHOST
I think something awful is down.
KneonHOST
Did you guys know that that forum still existed? Yeah, apparently it still existed.
KneonHOST
Okay, PHP 2 shell is getting serious.
KneonHOST
Critical PHP flaw dubbed PHP 2 shell is causing problems for gaming sites and services.
KneonHOST
So these are many sites that are down.
KneonHOST
Grand Blue Fantasy, Shadowverse, let's see, Bungo, Alchemist, Nintendo, some services, Bandai is down, 4chan is down, Something Awful is down, DeviantArt, Nookipedia, Frontier Forums, Steam Store is having issues right now.
KneonHOST
Some users are reporting problems with logging in, purchases, and downloading attempts, while Steam itself is online for many users.
KneonHOST
4chan's been taken offline.
KneonHOST
site had restricted posting and other features while dealing with the ongoing php security issue half the internet's getting cooked so 4chan's down um i think something awful is down did you guys know that that forum still existed yeah apparently it still existed Okay, PHP 2 shell is getting serious.
KneonHOST
Even hacker forums are going offline.
KneonHOST
Breach forums and Dread have taken themselves offline as a precaution following the disclosure of two critical PHP vulnerabilities.
KneonHOST
Critical PHP flaw dubbed PHP 2 shell is causing problems for gaming sites and services.
KneonHOST
So these are many sites that are down.
KneonHOST
Grand Blue Fantasy, Shadowverse, let's see, Bungo, Alchemist, Nintendo, some services, Bandai is down, 4chan is down, Something Awful is down, DeviantArt, Nookipedia, Frontier Forums, Steam Store is having issues right now.
KneonHOST
Some users are reporting problems with logging in, purchases, and downloading attempts, while Steam itself is online for many users.
Type 3 AudioNARRATOR
PHP update.
Type 3 AudioNARRATOR
4chan has gone read-only and Something Awful has shut its forums as American sites brace for the PHP patch.
Type 3 AudioNARRATOR
4chan says it is temporarily read-only while we await an urgent PHP security update.
Type 3 AudioNARRATOR
Something Awful says the flaw allows for the kind of hacking you see in movies, but in real life.
Type 3 AudioNARRATOR
Bookmarking service Pinboard, game publisher Choice of Games, history site Damn Interesting and the Explain XKCD wiki are offline too, as is art site for Affinity.
Type 3 AudioNARRATOR
DeviantArt is also down for maintenance but has not said why.
International Cyber DigestSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
International Cyber Digest, PHP update.
International Cyber DigestSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
4chan has gone read-only and Something Awful has shut its forums as American sites brace for the PHP patch.
International Cyber DigestSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
4chan says it is temporarily read-only while we await an urgent PHP security update.
International Cyber DigestSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Something Awful says the flaw allows for the kind of hacking you see in movies, but in real life.
International Cyber DigestSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Bookmarking service Pinboard Game publisher Choice of Games, history site Damn Interesting, and the Explained XKCD wiki are offline too, as is art site Fur Affinity.
International Cyber DigestSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
DeviantArt is also down for maintenance, but has not said why.
Type 3 AudioNARRATOR
PHP update.
Type 3 AudioNARRATOR
4chan has gone read-only and Something Awful has shut its forums as American sites brace for the PHP patch.
Type 3 AudioNARRATOR
4chan says it is temporarily read-only while we await an urgent PHP security update.
Type 3 AudioNARRATOR
Something Awful says the flaw allows for the kind of hacking you see in movies, but in real life.
Type 3 AudioNARRATOR
Bookmarking service Pinboard, game publisher Choice of Games, history site Damn Interesting and the Explain XKCD wiki are offline too, as is art site for Affinity.
Type 3 AudioNARRATOR
DeviantArt is also down for maintenance but has not said why.
Brandon KirkmanHOST
Oh, I think it might have been.
Brandon KirkmanHOST
I also know Roxy from Something Awful who went to be a lead artist for Rockstar Games and did some art stuff here and there, too.
Brandon KirkmanHOST
Nice.
Brandon KirkmanHOST
Big fan of their art still.
CeemaGUEST
So I said, you know, hell with World of Warcraft, this is dumb.
CeemaGUEST
And I was on the Something Awful forums at the time.
CeemaGUEST
I'd been a member forever.
CeemaGUEST
And I found, I was looking through the MMO section of the website, and there were these two very passionate idiots... arguing about what I thought was algebra.
Carlos WelchHOST
I got my start, like, I didn't start posting on 2 Plus 2.
Carlos WelchHOST
It was, there was a handful of guys who got their start by posting on Something Awful, which at the time was the largest internet message board in the world, or at least English language message board.
Carlos WelchHOST
They had a small poker subform in there, and...
Carlos WelchHOST
Probably the most notable person that came out of there besides me would be Jason Somerville.
Carlos WelchHOST
I had been playing poker for a few months at that point and already knew him.
Carlos WelchHOST
But a lot of people came from that form and played high stakes at one time or another.
Carlos WelchHOST
And I had signed up while I was in high school using that screen name on Something Awful.
Carlos WelchHOST
So when I signed up, the first time I played online poker was a private tournament that the forum had organized.
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