Supertopo Climber Forum Conspiracy

Mountainproject orchestrated the demise of the supertopo climbers forum.

THINK about it.

MP also orchestrated your brand-new account.

FrankPS wrote: MP also orchestrated your brand-new account.

They sure did!

we are legion
Resistance is Futile

I don't know if REI rolls that way but the end result either way is a shame.  MP will never have the heavy hitters that the taco had.   at best 10% of the core checks in here.  is what it is.. 

Has there been a "new" SuperTopo site that ever really got off the ground?  FISH's site?  SuperTaco?

gunkie X wrote: Has there been a "new" SuperTopo site that ever really got off the ground?  FISH's site?  SuperTaco?

I'm guessing there's something on 4/8Chan? Seems right. 

supertopo was the final holdout for old climbers, and it was memory holed to protect the fantasy that young climbers are the primary source of idiocy on the internet

gunkie X wrote: Has there been a "new" SuperTopo site that ever really got off the ground?  FISH's site?  SuperTaco?

The only one I'm aware of that seems to have any traction is the Supertopo Refugees Facebook group.

Buff Johnson wrote: we are legion
Resistance is Futile

Negative. We are BORG. You will be assimilated.

Marc801 C wrote:

The only one I'm aware of that seems to have any traction is the Supertopo Refugees Facebook group.

Thanks.  Not a FB user (and have divested my FB holdings).

Terribly unfortunate.  SuperTopo was such a vast repository of legendary and semi-legendary climbers.  ST had Royal Robbins (RIP) posting at one time, not to mention the dozens of other incredible climbers.  Some of the folks who participated included Pat Ament, Steve Sutton, Largo, John Gill, Jim Donnini, Henry Barber, Scott Cosgrove (RIP), Randy Leavitt, Hugh Herr, John Stannard and the list goes on forever.

Supertopo did not survive the Chris Mac Heresy.

That world was declared exterminatus.

"Some may question your right to destroy ten billion voices. Those who understand realise that you have no right to let them live!" 

ST had the funniest person ever- Tami Knight! But that CMac dude let her be harassed constantly by some nobody

ST forum seemed to have such a different character than MP. Perhaps not as much flaccid “trolling?” Heavy use of air quotes there. I thought Macs convo on Enormo was interesting. 

Ssssshhhhh but.........ST might be coming back....although in a neutered form. Lots of history there worth salvaging!

Stay tuned

Roots wrote: Ssssshhhhh but.........ST might be coming back....although in a neutered form. Lots of history there worth salvaging!

Stay tuned

Nailed it.  I hope it returns in some form.

Zay Ban wrote: Mountainproject orchestrated the demise of the supertopo climbers forum.

THINK about it.

SuperTopo orchestrated the demise of the MP Climbers Forum.

THINK about it.
MP is being, C-MACKED!

^ I’m with DAnon

Not gonna lie, I still miss Supertopo... so many legends, hilarious characters, incredible stories. Some post here too but no where close to the quality content you had there on a regular basis. I’m so bummed Supertopo scrubbed all of the photos from the threads too when they froze it, what a loss of climbing history.

What's the non-PR-spun take on the demise of SuperTopo? I perused occasionally BITD, and liked that there were a ton of old-school contributors giving firsthand accounts, but became heavily non-participant in social media forums the last several years. As a result I'm out of the loop.

CDub wrote:

What's the non-PR-spun take on the demise of SuperTopo? I perused occasionally BITD, and liked that there were a ton of old-school contributors giving firsthand accounts, but became heavily non-participant in social media forums the last several years. As a result I'm out of the loop.

Allegedly, the taco was subject to many lawsuits over users posting copyrighted images without permission from the owners. CMac and his lackey friend decided it was easier to close up shop than contest the lawsuits.

Personally, my belief is there is more to it.

http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/3198199/SuperTopo-Forum-to-shut-down-June-1-2019

At any rate, the taco was a great resource; glad it is still viewable for reference, but deleting all the images/photos is a crime against the people that took the time to post them.  Last I heard, the taco facebook group is closed to new members, even those that were very active on the real taco. Maybe that has changed; I don't do facebook.

Redpoint University tried to step up, but never really got the traction it needed.

https://forums.redpointuniversity.com/

Hung on Fish's Widefetish for a bit, but the participants there just seem to want to be negative and abuse anyone they disagree with. Turned into a shit show of a slamfest with no real climbing content. Haven't gone there in months.