Dutchy1969

I want to join in thanking Admin and StnCld for their work in restoring the site, especially as I had renewed my Premium Membership the day before it went down!    I won't even to pretend to understand much of the conversation above but I concur on the danger of public posting of material that is copy righted by RLC.  Anyone doing so is simply being dumb.  I enjoy the Chat Room most of all, though I do wish folks would keep their complaints briefer or post the more negative comments in the appropriate areas.  Thank you to the many who have befriended me over the last year as I have learned how to do things on here. 

You do what you can; change what needs changing and stick with what works best. Some are not going to like those changes, but that's a case of Mind over Matter. We don't Mind and  they don't Matter!
I've always  hoped for a more active participation. The freeloaders that come and 'collect' from others hard work doesn't seem fair to them. I've said this from my beginning with RealLifeCamFan.com.
  Some have been sharing through third party host with videos and pictures through PM. We've done very well staying under the radar.

I think the new normal will be that people will make better use of third-party hosts and content will start coming back. However, the content on the third party hosts won't last as long, so you'll have to check back more frequently to catch things before they are taken down. I think we will also see an increase in traffic and hopefully more participation now that the guest view limits are removed. But who knows? I've certainly been wrong before. 

What do you mean empty chat box? There was no action taken against the chat box.  The gallery will come back but we won't be allowing direct uploads of RLC content.  As to the deleted posts they are being restored we are just removing images that have been uploaded to the server. As for posting pictures, you still have the ability to post content you just need to use a third party host like Postimage.org or Imgur.  On a side note, I have removed the guest viewing restrictions from the site; which I think had a very detrimental effect on things. People would come to the site, hit the six page limit and then leave (the analytics data makes this very clear). With the restriction gone hopefully traffic will pick back up. 

I will reiterate what @CowArt said and extend my thanks to @Admin and @StnCld316. Having worked in computer groups with large companies for years I understand the total panic when stuff like this happened; although ours were usually of our own making or major equipment failure. It is a cold, cold feeling when you know your customer's data is out there but you can no longer access it. While it is shocking what our Host did, it is probable we should all have seen it coming. In the 18 months I have been on RLC and over a year on RLCF, we have seen numerous other times where RLC jumped in and we found huge numbers of pictures and video clips gone with only links left to where they used to exist. At the same time users who were posting this content were banned by RLC, many in only their first few days on the site. Yet with all that happening and many RLCF users telling others that you will get banned and that RLC will end up getting their stuff removed; many people kept posting this material, most of them being users who were already permanently banned on RLC so they figured they were immune from any retribution. Guess what guys: YOU WERE FUCKING WRONG! And as the last few days have shown, RLC was able to exact retribution and those of you who did, and lets be real here: you really know who you are. put this entire site in jeopardy. Maybe it can be saved, maybe not. The gallery was pretty cool if you wanted to get a perspective of prior life of the long term tenants and apartments but the pictures were a snapshot in time. Posts in the Forums can provide the same insights but using words. So in the long run, with DCMA's lurking over our heads like Damocle's Sword, it would appear verbal accounts will have to suffice.
There are still other great things to do in the Forums, such as those who post about a certain event and post a music video or clip which seems appropriate; just ask @ShakaZulu, the king of sound clips.
I hope those in power here can come up with a plan, and solicit suggestions from the members, on what RLCF should become after its transformation. There are lots of nice, although somewhat perverted, people on here and it would be a shame to see it all go.