OFFICIAL announcement of ohiochatter...

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justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Mar 10, 2010 11:23pm
All,

As you may or may not know I was facing possible legal action due to the name freehuddle. I temporarily changed the name of the forum while I weighed my options.

While I am usually not one to back down when confronted, I do not have the time or finances required to engage in a court battle over something as silly as a hobby website. This website isn't something I rely on as a source of income so fighting this issue in the courts would be out of nothing but spite.

Don't worry, though. The website/community isn't going anywhere. The name just has to change. This also means that I am no longer able to use freehuddle.com to redirect traffic to the new site. In order to deal with this and make sure this site continues to grow I am going to need everyone's help. Please pass the word around to everyone you know who may be interested, especially if they knew about freehuddle previously but had yet to visit or sign up. This also means that everyone will need to update their bookmarks. http://www.thisforumisseriousbusiness.com, http://www.tfisb.com and http://www.theGOATforum.com will continue to point here at least until next March when their registration expires.

After putting a lot more thought into the name of the site I have come up with http://www.ohiochatter.com. According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of chatter is:
to utter rapid short sounds suggestive of language but inarticulate and indistinct.
I think that fits this place just fine. :)

Again, I thank you all for your patience while this whole ordeal has taken place.

Justin
Can you guys proofread that and make any suggestions for improvements. I'm going to post this later tonight or in the morning.
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Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Mar 10, 2010 11:27pm
Not the best proof reader in the world, let my computer do it for me, LOL. Looks good to me bro!
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Trueblue23
Posts: 7,463
Mar 11, 2010 12:40am
Sounds good to me man
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zambrown
Posts: 1,093
Mar 11, 2010 1:36am
It's awesome, Justin. Sounds great!
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fan_from_texas
Posts: 2,693
Mar 11, 2010 9:45am
justincredible wrote:
All,

As you may or may not know, I was facing possible legal action due to the name freehuddle. I temporarily changed the name of the forum while I weighed my options.

While I am usually not one to back down from confrontation, I am not willing to invest the time or finances required to engage in a court battle over something as silly as a hobby website. This website isn't something I rely on as a source of income, so fighting this issue in the courts would be out of nothing but spite.

Don't worry, though--the website/community isn't going anywhere. The name just has to change. This also means that I am no longer able to use freehuddle.com to redirect traffic to the new site. To deal with this and make sure this site continues to grow, I am going to need everyone's help. Please pass the word around to everyone you know who may be interested, especially if they knew about freehuddle previously but had yet to visit or sign up. This also means that everyone will need to update their bookmarks. http://www.thisforumisseriousbusiness.com, http://www.tfisb.com and http://www.theGOATforum.com will continue to point here, at least until next March when their registration expires.

After putting a lot more thought into the name of the site I have come up with http://www.ohiochatter.com. According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of chatter is:
to utter rapid short sounds suggestive of language but inarticulate and indistinct.
I think that fits this place just fine. :)

Again, I thank you all for your patience while this whole ordeal has taken place.

Justin
Looks good--I included a handful of stylistic suggestions.
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Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Mar 11, 2010 12:01pm
Works for me!
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wes_mantooth
Posts: 17,977
Mar 11, 2010 3:39pm
Yep, everything looks good.
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GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Mar 11, 2010 3:45pm
Fab1b wrote: Looks good to me bro!
Trueblue23 wrote: Sounds good to me man
zambrown wrote: It's awesome, Justin. Sounds great!
fan_from_texas wrote: Looks good.
Heretic wrote: Works for me!
wes_mantooth wrote: Yep, everything looks good.
These.
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Fly4Fun
Posts: 7,730
Mar 11, 2010 3:56pm
GoChiefs wrote:
Fab1b wrote: Looks good to me bro!
Trueblue23 wrote: Sounds good to me man
zambrown wrote: It's awesome, Justin. Sounds great!
fan_from_texas wrote: Looks good.
Heretic wrote: Works for me!
wes_mantooth wrote: Yep, everything looks good.
These.
This.
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justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Mar 11, 2010 4:01pm
I hate you both!
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justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Mar 11, 2010 4:22pm
And just to keep you guys in the loop, fish82 passed the info along to an attorney in Cincinnati. They said it wouldn't cost much to defend this and should be a pretty easy case, too.

In the end I think I am going to change the name of the site anyway. The main thing I want to fight is ceasing and desisting from using freehuddle.com to redirect traffic here.
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wes_mantooth
Posts: 17,977
Mar 11, 2010 7:43pm
I am selfish and would love to see you knock those guys down a peg or two. So.....win the case, then change the name...lol