Over the weekend, I noticed that links for Bruce Gerenscer were not showing up in the feed for the blog list on the homepage here, I ran a google search today for his blog, and the links that normally direct there are leading to an ad site. He's sold the domain name without no apparent warning (at least that I know of). I know he said before that he was in failing health, I don't know what has happened to him. Did he just get tired of blogging and give up? Is he dying? I don't know.
It's disappointing that he is no longer blogging, he was one of my favorite writers, and an occasional commentor on my blog, he apparently had found my blog because of a response on my blog to an article he wrote on the Freethought Blogs/Atheism + controversy a few months ago. He would stop by from time to time after with encouragement and advice on how to promote my blog. He was a pastor in the Independent Fundamental Baptist organization, and was a great first hand resource on what the organization was truly like. He kept a close eye on the group as a blogger, and I had him as one my resources on the Exposing the IFB page (I'll have to remove him from there today, since not even past posts are accessible now). If you follow my Google + page, you probably saw links to his blog posts from time to time.
I hope he's alright, if you're out there, Bruce, and reading this, comment here or send me an e-mail at ramblingsofsheldon@gmail.com, I want to know what happened, and if you are alright.
Of course, there are many dastardly ways in which a domain can be suborned for another use, on the other hand, who knows.
ReplyDeleteI hope he's alright, no matter what.
I hope so too.
DeleteDo you think that he got hacked?
It's also possible to steal traffic from domain names through the use of networking exploits (a form of DNS attack). If this is the situation, it can be a bit of a pain to get back online and if this is the case, the domain name owner is more than welcome to contact me for tips on resolving the issue.
DeleteA couple of days ago Bruce posted a message that he had decided to stop blogging.
ReplyDeleteFor his archive:
http://planetatheism.com/author/bruce-gerencser/
Did he give any specific reasons as to why he quit blogging, Alleg?
DeleteThanks for the archive link, since his site went down completely, any past link I have posted to his site now are invalid, which is unfortunate, because I quoted him often, he was a great resource on the IFB movement, since he used to be a pastor in that group (if you are not familiar with them, click the Exposing the IFB tab at the top of the page.
It had become too much for him due to his poor health.
ReplyDeleteIt is sad indeed and we all will miss his insights and wisdom.
I will miss his blog.
DeleteBest of luck to him, and I hope for better health.