Porchman Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Is anybody else hitting a fitness forum when @ Swamplot.com or have I entered some horrible void!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Me too. It was up earlier today. I actually got an e-mail reply from Gus about something I sent him Gus, what's happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiko Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Anybody know what happened to this site? Am I the only one who can't get to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Note duplicate topics combined.And yeah, how very strange... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Note duplicate topics combined.And yeah, how very strange...Wayne mentioned that Blogger was down too, maybe they share the same servers.This Swamplot blogpost is showing a deadlink as well, but it was working this morning.I posted on the Auto Dome article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasVines Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 a whois shows the domain name expires on april 28th of 09 so that tosses out the idea that the hosting bill was not paid and someone else stole it.....but it is registered at godaddy so anything is possible there!the espresso forum has post from as far back as 07 so that takes out the idea it is a new forum that swamplots owners just came up withI would say there is a ns directing problem http://whois.domaintools.com/swamplot.comhttp://whois.domaintools.com/expresso.netthe two look to be totally unrelated and hosted on totally different servers with different companies so who knows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gus Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Do not adjust your internet set . . .Yes, something mysterious has happened to the site. So far, it does not appear to be a domain server problem.Contributions from any of you with mad site-hijack-sleuthing skillz are welcome. Thanks for your concern! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Thanks for the update, gus. And PLEASE, make the fitness site go away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porchman Posted October 23, 2008 Author Share Posted October 23, 2008 Contributions from any of you with mad site-hijack-sleuthing skillz are welcome.Thanks for your concern!Developer conspiracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the Man Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 When will we find out who won the Neighborhood Guessing Game?! It's one of the things I look forward to every Friday. Yeah, I know I'm pathetic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Developer conspiracy.Looks like the Royce Homes dude learned some mad haxx0rz skills over his short hiatus.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porchman Posted October 24, 2008 Author Share Posted October 24, 2008 It's back. We can all return to our flabby reading habits. Thank you, Gus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Does anyone have the scoop on Swamplot? It seems like they've been "off" for weeks. It's my 2nd favorite website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Our daily roundups of Headlines will continue — they’ll still go up every weekday morning (look below this post if you don’t see them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Yeah, they still update headlines. So when will the more in depth single entry subjects return? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADCS Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I'm beginning to think it won't be any time soon. Reading between the lines, I'm guessing the site is on indefinite hiatus until a new staff takes over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015   WELL, WE MISSED you. So why don’t we do something about it? A shiny new Swamplot editorial team is now in place (well, most of it — more on that later), testing out the furniture and getting ready to resume this site’s obsessive coverage of the Houston real estate landscape. Our regular barrage of daily updates will return shortly.How soon? Watch this space. Or, if you prefer to be notified of Swamplot’s relaunch date by email, make sure we’ve got you on ourmailing list, and you’ll be the first-ish to know. You can add yourself to the list by filling out the form here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 They're back! I will try to avoid getting dragged in to testify in a deposition for my Comments this time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Welp. You can't just end the story there Kylejack, spill the beans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Robinhood Condos had a HOA President who was notoriously litigious and would go after people who criticized or even people who reported accurately on the facts (Houston Press, Swamplot, etc). Their private investigator tracked me down and they subpoenaed me because of innocuous comments I had made on Swamplot. They asked me a bunch of crazy questions like if I worked for or owned Swamplot (the owner of Swamplot was using a pen name and they were trying to uncover his true identity).I had to take a day off of work for that shit show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Robinhood Condos had a HOA President who was notoriously litigious and would go after people who criticized or even people who reported accurately on the facts (Houston Press, Swamplot, etc). Their private investigator tracked me down and they subpoenaed me because of innocuous comments I had made on Swamplot. They asked me a bunch of crazy questions like if I worked for or owned Swamplot (the owner of Swamplot was using a pen name and they were trying to uncover his true identity).I had to take a day off of work for that shit show.So were you the one who made the "bust some heads" comments, or was that a set-up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Absolutely not. All of my comments were innocuous commentary on the situation.I won't speculate as to who made which specific comments, because I don't want to get sued for getting specifics wrong, but a forensic specialist determined that some of the hostile comments against Robinhood Condos were made from an IP address associated with the HOA President, through an anonymous proxy service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 W.T.F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 "Swamplot will Relaunch on December 1"Â http://swamplot.com/swamplot-will-relaunch-on-december-1/2015-11-23/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Robinhood Condos had a HOA President who was notoriously litigious and would go after people who criticized or even people who reported accurately on the facts (Houston Press, Swamplot, etc). Their private investigator tracked me down and they subpoenaed me because of innocuous comments I had made on Swamplot. They asked me a bunch of crazy questions like if I worked for or owned Swamplot (the owner of Swamplot was using a pen name and they were trying to uncover his true identity).I had to take a day off of work for that shit show. that is actually awesome. do a whois for swamplot and it comes up with some shell in AZ that specializes in anonymity for owners. a bit serious for an architecture blog. Absolutely not. All of my comments were innocuous commentary on the situation.I won't speculate as to who made which specific comments, because I don't want to get sued for getting specifics wrong, but a forensic specialist determined that some of the hostile comments against Robinhood Condos were made from an IP address associated with the HOA President, through an anonymous proxy service.  That whole story went from being just a really messed up situation, to one weird story. That HOA president guy was a crazy person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 That HOA president guy was a crazy person.Yeah, he ended up filing for bankruptcy. I saw in court filings that he was recently arrested for alleged domestic violence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Swamplot reopens at 8 AM tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 6 minutes! so exciting! I hope they lead with a story about trees wrongly removed by a developer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Anyone else get a weird vibe from the "Sponsored Posts" on swamplot? I get it, they need the money to operate...but isn't a slight conflict of interest to play up these developers and projects and investors while reporting on the same groups of people? I'm glad it's returned, so it's not like it's stopping me from reading it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 A Sponsored Post Swamplot is better than going without Swamplot at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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