Talk:Tripod (web hosting)

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This week

This week, I hope to update this article with some additional historical and feature information. In the interest of full disclosure, I actually work at Tripod. (However, I have been doing Wikipedia stuff off and on for a while; I'm not coming on solely to edit this article.) If anyone does not want me to write it, I won't. However, I would sincerely appreciate that someone review this page after I am done to ensure that the page is properly viewpoint neutral. JRP 14:17, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Please contribute. Your unique position gives you access to more information behind the company's history than any internet archive could do. -Ichabod 00:34, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Removed this line because it is not accurate... at least not yet: Tripod staff migrated Angelfire's infrastructure onto Tripod's servers and tools, but maintained Angelfire's brand identity. In six months if it becomes true, I'll add it back in... (FWIW, Tripod is served out of Miami and Angelfire from California.) JRP 20:37, 22 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

With all respect-- this article is woefully inaccurate. Hoping for response-- if not, will mark for deletion with explanation and rationale. KenThomas (talk) 08:16, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're always free to do so, but it might be more helpful for you to describe what your problem is and help to improve the article. The page would survive an AfD without too much debate, I suspect, and that doesn't really help you or us to make it better. JRP (talk) 04:38, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

removed question

I removed the following: "Is Tripod.com still functioning? It's like completely non-existant when I try to access there on 2 January 2007 16:18 GMT" It's a good question but shouldn't in article namespace. Edivorce 18:43, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tripod.com blackout

...As well as most other Lycos network sites. What's the problem there? -Mardus 18:44, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Moved on-article discussion about blackout here:

Tripod.com isn't working today. WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY!!!!!!!???????????? 208.103.165.40, 2. jaanuar 2007, kell 19:19

Tripod was hit by a bug today. I talked to the COO Brian Kalinowski today. They are trying to fix it. 71.254.74.251, 2. jaanuar 2007, kell 23:18

-Mardus 21:05, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It appears now that tripod.com, lycos.com and many other Lycos Network websites are operational again, so I removed the blackout notice. -Mardus 21:18, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've had an account with them for several years, and I've seen this sort of dropout happen only once before, they're usually pretty reliable. MDonfield 23:03, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Investment and buyout

The material in this section reads fine. Just being in the past tense, and the years mentioned begin 1998 and 2001, there's the question what happened since then.

For example: The two properties [Lycos and Tripod] were run concurrently... How has this changed? Or are they still?

I don't know. If someone else has any info that they could add that would be great!!! Dannman (talk) 13:59, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What is this doing here?

== Domain name ==

Web sites generally are a subdomain of tripod.com. However, users can pay a monthly charge and own a domain name.

Paying in this manner also allows for other benefits, such as more disk space for the site which allows the site owner to put more information onto it, and personalized email accounts (i.e. yourname@yoursite.com).

Does this have anything to do with Tripod? Why try to define "domain name" here? -- 98.64.100.169 (talk) 13:21, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think the point was to emphasize that on Tripod you can have a *.tripod.com address or a real domain name, depending on your plan. JRP (talk) 03:26, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Name

Why was it called Tripod? The article mentions the domain name registration, but it's not clear why they chose Tripod for an online service provider aimed at students. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 15:06, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not exactly a web hosting service

Tripod was not really (primarily) a web hosting service; there was much more, especially a community. The lede sentence therefore seems deceptive to me. Can someone look/clear this up? NOTE: I was Bo and Brett's roommate, don't want to edit here unless no one else takes this up. KenThomas (talk) 03:10, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]