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According to the Wall Street Journal on 15 June 2016, Lycos Tripod filed for protection against bankruptcy under Chapter 11. At midnight, 16 June all of its websites became inaccessible. The Hindu Times of India mentioned the Chapter 11 filing also on 16 June. Other professional commercial news sources mentioned the bankruptcy filing. Numerous websites remarked that Lycos Tripod websites were down. At present, it appears that Daum, the South Korean company that sold Lycos Tripod to an Indian company, Ybrant Digital, in 2010, will get it back. Until then, unless something unforeseen happens, it can be assumed that all websites will remain inaccessible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Watch Dog Zeroing In ( talk • contribs) 08:02, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
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)
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)
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)
...As well as most other Lycos network sites. What's the problem there? - Mardus 18:44, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
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
- Mardus 21:05, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Tripod was not really (primarily) a web hosting service in concept; there was much more, especially an effort at online community (before "social networking"). DeWitt Clinton's home page builder simply was the idea/functionality out of the shop that "took hold" and generated traffic, as well as investment. The lede sentence & some of the following therefore seems deceptive to me. Can someone look/edit/clear this up? NOTE: I was Bo and Brett's roommate as Tripod was founded, so don't want to edit here unless no one else takes this up. KenThomas ( talk) 03:10, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
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According to the Wall Street Journal on 15 June 2016, Lycos Tripod filed for protection against bankruptcy under Chapter 11. At midnight, 16 June all of its websites became inaccessible. The Hindu Times of India mentioned the Chapter 11 filing also on 16 June. Other professional commercial news sources mentioned the bankruptcy filing. Numerous websites remarked that Lycos Tripod websites were down. At present, it appears that Daum, the South Korean company that sold Lycos Tripod to an Indian company, Ybrant Digital, in 2010, will get it back. Until then, unless something unforeseen happens, it can be assumed that all websites will remain inaccessible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Watch Dog Zeroing In ( talk • contribs) 08:02, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
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)
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)
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)
...As well as most other Lycos network sites. What's the problem there? - Mardus 18:44, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
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
- Mardus 21:05, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Tripod was not really (primarily) a web hosting service in concept; there was much more, especially an effort at online community (before "social networking"). DeWitt Clinton's home page builder simply was the idea/functionality out of the shop that "took hold" and generated traffic, as well as investment. The lede sentence & some of the following therefore seems deceptive to me. Can someone look/edit/clear this up? NOTE: I was Bo and Brett's roommate as Tripod was founded, so don't want to edit here unless no one else takes this up. KenThomas ( talk) 03:10, 4 September 2012 (UTC)