Ubuntu forums, whats going on

[Tom H]

On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 8:59 AM, Ben Edwards <list4me2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, don't get me wrong, this email list is great but it is not
> anything like as busy as in the early days of Warty Warthog. It seems
> most people are not using the forums, which is cool except I am not
> allowed to post, even thought I have been involved from the early
> days, promoting Ubuntu and even helping with the wiki in the early
> days.
>
> This is probably because for the last few years I have only been using
> Ubuntu desktop and have not needed help but I am not using server
> again and finding ti difficult.

There was a security problem a few years ago (?) and the accounts had
to be switched to a different logon system. Perhaps if you didn't go
though those motions, some cleanup mechanism has deleted your account.
Or perhaps, if you can't go through the switch yourself, the forum
admins have some way of helping you.


> I seem to of become funkytwig3 on the forum an all my previous posts
> are missing. The reality is that without access to the forums I am
> not sure if I can still use Ubuntu as my main distribution, a real
> shame as I have been doing so for well over 10 years.

Why should we care? Why couldn't you set up a different account if
your original one's no longer available?