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says user 'joedf' on the forum listing but 'Chris' in this thread

this appears to be some sort of automatic message meant to assist forum administrators when setting up the site?
guessing that joedf did a backup/restore of some kind and this was automatically generated using Chris' name because he was the first to "sign up."

right..... hmmmm just ignore this ahah

So this is a legendary post thread?

Greast wrote: ↑

14 Nov 2020, 14:23

So this is a legendary post thread?

Not really, I guess.
This forum incarnation in phpBB exists since 2013 (not in the same software version obviously), and the archived AHK forums date back to 2003 or something.

Well, this is the last post from Chris :/

It was most likely his first (of 7 on these forums) - just somehow the date changed through some backup/restore operation.
If you want to call that legendary, sure, feel free, why not..

Tbh, I am not even sure he is responsible for this post himself - that account was probably more of a placeholder in the beginning, so that he could be the site owner (might have been tank in his place, who set up the forums).

@gregster
I think this account just for showing that who is the creator is on the Team list. If he is a site admin he will be active.

its funny that i never saw this lol

@tank
Heh, I just find it on "The team", I am being interested who is this Chris so I found this...

Chris (Mallett) is the creator of AutoHotkey - well, he started by forking the Autoit source code in 2003, when AutoIt was still open source. But he isn't participating in the development anymore (since a long time now). See also https://www.autohotkey.com/foundation/history.html.

@gregster I know about that guy already. But thanks for information.

No this post was automatically created. Chris did not post this afaik.

@joedf
Then that's sad. Also, why does Chris left? He gets his money and then says goodbye to his project?

Greast wrote: ↑

17 Nov 2020, 19:21

@joedf
Then that's sad. Also, why does Chris left? He gets his money and then says goodbye to his project?

no money gained from the project or product. in fact when i took over the domain i made a commitment to him to keep it unmonetized and without adds

@tank That's good, that you restore AutoHotkey to a new level, you made an great value to this. Also, most people are using adblocker so advertisements will not be working well...