WhatTheFork has been many things to many people, over the years. It has been an email provider (and a damned fine one at that), a host for web and shell services (until that part of things was handed over to EclipseHosters), a forum (which was never really successful), and a sandbox for ideas (which it always will be).
In it’s current incarnation, which is really just a more cleanly-structured implementation of the previous iteration, WhatTheFork represents a network of sites. These sites share the common aspect of having their roots at WhatTheFork.org, either as a testbed, or back when we hosted projects.
It has always been about the community. Each evolution of the site has been about serving the community better. Connecting users to the various projects that have originated here was the goal of the last rendition of the site. This new manifestation of WhatTheFork.org attempts to unify the communities of these projects. Many of the projects that make up this network have been ported to software more suitable for community involvement (Wordpress, in this case). Not all cases are appropriate for this, and the ones that are not will be integrated in their own ways over time.
If some of the sites you’re used to visiting look a bit different, that’s generally differences in the software used. While a lot of the sites previously didn’t have a way to get involved, Wordpress makes it easy to do that. Create an account, and post some comments. If everything works properly, your login for any given part of the network will work on any other site.
Questions or thoughts? Post in the comments!
P.S. - If you have (or had) an email address with WhatTheFork before, you still do.
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