Comments on: Ik who?

Ik who?

lalochezia — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:00:41 -0800

Whatever happened to ikkyu2?

He/she was an askme god/goddess (see these threads for classics), and I miss their contribution. If anyone knows them, have them give a shoutout to let us know they are OK. Even better, have them join back up so they can sow their wisdom once more.

By: nanojath

nanojath — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:03:54 -0800

His last two MetaTalk comments explain his decision to depart the community. He has a rarely-updated LiveJournal blog.

By: LionIndex

LionIndex — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:04:45 -0800

I think this was actually kind of a big thing. He left because, as a doctor, he was kind of fed up with people offering unqualified medical advice in AskMe (or at least that was my understanding from the aftermath). His sign-off comment is here.

By: yellowbinder

yellowbinder — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:05:00 -0800

Second last comment explains the departure, as I recall he was pretty upset at bad medical advice being allowed to stand around here.

By: Ardiril

Ardiril — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:07:38 -0800

This should probably be closed before it goes somewhere we don't need.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:08:14 -0800

Into the jaws of the beast, you mean?

By: Floydd

Floydd — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:09:01 -0800

His humours were unbalanced, so he took some time off.

By: troika

troika — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:09:06 -0800

This barely fits your question, as it looks like they just stopped being active, but: Can we include a note on the disable account doohickey that says "Your profile page will still be around even after you've left. Please consider adding an email address so users can find you."

(This might exist already. I haven't tried to close my account. But I have tried to email Lovecraft In Brooklyn to thank him for something and wah.)

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:09:47 -0800

If you find yourself falling into the jaws of the beast, apply honey liberally to your midsection. It's good for your skin!

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:10:26 -0800

Yeah, it was sort of a rough departure honestly, his prerogative but not really something that there's anything new to talk about and not something that we really felt great about the specific execution of in terms of how he made his exit. He's, as noted, still around on the internet for folks who feel like corresponding.

By: lilac girl

lilac girl — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:24:04 -0800

troika, I believe once you disable your account the system hides a lot of profile data so peoplen can't leave mean "burn in hell, jerks!" goodbye messages in their profile forever and so they won't be harassed by someone continuing whatever argument made the person hit the big red button in the first place. As much as I'd enjoy the drama that would inevitably result if that policy was changed, I think it's probably a wise move to place every disabled profile under such restrictions regardless of whether the departure was acrimonious or not.

By: troika

troika — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:27:23 -0800

OH that is a GOOD POINT. Like most of my ideas, I hadn't really thought it through...

By: KokuRyu

KokuRyu — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:31:34 -0800

I remember his departure. It's not a great memory. The MetaTalk thread explains it all.

By: octobersurprise

octobersurprise — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:37:35 -0800

This is the ikkyu2 thread that I always remember. Bonus: thread also contains the recipe for the stunningly delicious McQueen cocktail.

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:38:36 -0800

The best ikkyu2 comment is no longer on the site, sadly.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:39:19 -0800

He was understandably upset. But this really doesn't need rehashing.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:40:39 -0800

But I liked how he took down the guy who posted some dumb self-link about Howard Stern.

By: Meatbomb

Meatbomb — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:40:44 -0800

Let's stop this. It is at least the second if not third rehashing of a long gone guy.

By: nobody

nobody — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:48:36 -0800

But I liked how he took down the guy who posted some dumb self-link about Howard Stern.

What was so weird about that was that it was tsarfan's 80th or so FPP after 5 or 6 years of being an active member here.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:49:14 -0800

He's around. His wife is still active on MetaChat. I'm going to close this up. People who want to track him down can find him. For future reference, please email us first for this sort of thing.