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[Terry]

Does anyone know what happened to wwgym.com?

 

[Jenny]

something to do with the website. Been down ages.

 

[Terry]

Do you know if they are planning to go back up? or is that Forum over?

 

[amiandjim]

Right now there is just a Facebook page.

 

[txgymfan]

They have said on the FB forum that they are trying to get it back I have my doubts but would welcome it.

 

[JBS]

Who owns that site?

 

[JBS]

I guess a better question would be... what other gymnastics forums are still around?

 

[Terry]

They have said on the FB forum that they are trying to get it back I have my doubts but would welcome it.

Do you know what the problem is? (Its such a unique forum, would be a shame not to get back)

 

[txgymfan]

I believe that they were hacked and then there was a big problem getting the name and information back from GoDaddy.

 

[JBS]

Don't forget about our struggles with GoDaddy... here is the thread...

If you missed the Chalkbucket

I am sure many of you have wondered where the site has been all week. The site was basically hacked, the hosting site was far from helpful, @JBS spent countless hours fighting to get the site back up and running for us. So thank you to him. Welcome back, and now tell us what you have been up to.

www.chalkbucket.com

And now data breaches are in writing all over...

GoDaddy Employees Used in Attacks on Multiple Cryptocurrency Services – Krebs on Security

GoDaddy Employees Tricked into Compromising Cryptocurrency Sites

‘Vishing’ attack on GoDaddy employees gave fraudsters access to cryptocurrency service domains NiceHash, Liquid.

threatpost.com

GoDaddy Confirms Data Breach: What Customers Need To Know

The world's largest domain registrar, GoDaddy, has disclosed a data breach impacting web hosting account credentials.

www.forbes.com

GoDaddy Confirms Data Breach - 28,000 Customers Affected

GoDaddy, one of the world’s largest domain registrar and a web hosting company that provides services to roughly 19 million customers around the world, has confirmed a data breach.

www.securitymagazine.com

 

[Terry]

I believe that they were hacked and then there was a big problem getting the name and information back from GoDaddy.

Maybe someone can help them with that? wwgym was an extremely good forum for those of us interested in elite gymnastics. I "lurked" on it and am unable to find any alternative where there are so many people so well informed about the sport.

 

[JBS]

Maybe someone can help them with that?

Not possible... the actual owner would have to do that.

 

[Terry]

Not possible... the actual owner would have to do that.

I just meant with advice on how to deal with GoDaddy. I have no clue how these webhosting companies operate but it seems extremely unfair. And wwgym was an extremely valuable addition to the online gymnastics community.

 

[JBS]

I just meant with advice on how to deal with GoDaddy. I have no clue how these webhosting companies operate but it seems extremely unfair. And wwgym was an extremely valuable addition to the online gymnastics community.

GoDaddy is NOT good... our domain is no longer registered through them. They are very very very hard to deal with.

 

[JBS]

I guess there needs to be a new elite / NCAA gymnastics forum since all the others have closed down. Here you go...

Gymnaverse.com

Gymnaverse is the best and safest discussion forum for athletes, coaches, judges, and fans to engage in rigorous discussion of gymnastics, both past and present, in a respectful environment.

gymnaverse.com

 

[txgymfan]

I guess there needs to be a new elite / NCAA gymnastics forum since all the others have closed down. Here you go...

Gymnaverse.com

Gymnaverse is the best and safest discussion forum for athletes, coaches, judges, and fans to engage in rigorous discussion of gymnastics, both past and present, in a respectful environment.

gymnaverse.com

Do you own this one too JBS?

 

[Jenny]

Gymscoop is still going but it's not what it was in GGMB days.

 

[bogwoppit]

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

There is a gymnastics reddit page.

 

[JBS]

Gymscoop doesn't really seem to like me... I've registered there a few times over the years and never received any response. I go on Reddit from time to time... seems to be about the only thing left besides social media. Seems like most gym fans just talk on Twitter now.

 

[Jenny]

yes I think they do twitter more than anything. And college gym facebook groups.