# www.snopes.com - What happ'd???

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-snopes-com-what-happd/115201>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 21, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-snopes-com-what-happd/115201 "2002-06-21T04:18:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Michele\_in\_SoCal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Michele\_in\_SoCal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michele_in_SoCal)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-snopes-com-what-happd/115201/1 "2002-06-21T04:18:03Z")

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Does anyone have the scoop on the snopes (Urban Legends) site? They were there yesterday - I sure hope they aren’t gone!

Any info is much appreciated.

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**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2002, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-snopes-com-what-happd/115201/2 "2002-06-21T04:23:06Z")

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They moved their messageboard a couple of weeks ago, and recommend that if you’re having problems with the domain name you access them via their IP :

[http://198.64.129.160](http://198.64.129.160)

I just did that and it worked fine.

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**Author:** ![zigaretten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/91b2a8/32.png) [@zigaretten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zigaretten)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2002, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-snopes-com-what-happd/115201/3 "2002-06-21T04:23:37Z")

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Try

[http://www.snopes2.com/](http://www.snopes2.com/)

Note the snopes **2** part.

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**Author:** ![Conti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Conti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Conti)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2002, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-snopes-com-what-happd/115201/4 "2002-06-21T04:25:35Z")

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I heard the Recording Industries ordered them to shut down their site. LOL

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**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2002, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-snopes-com-what-happd/115201/5 "2002-06-21T04:31:19Z")

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Oh yeah - the whole problem is AOL’s fault according to the [announcement](http://198.64.129.160/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=51;t=000011) on the snopes messageboard.

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**Author:** ![Michele\_in\_SoCal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Michele\_in\_SoCal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michele_in_SoCal)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2002, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-snopes-com-what-happd/115201/6 "2002-06-21T04:40:52Z")

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Thank you for the quick responses!  
~When the SDMB was down for overhaul (earlier this year, or late last year) I got the scoop (on someone else’s panicked post) at snopes. I guess turnaround is fair play - and you didn’t let me down.

Though I do not post here very often I am a daily visitor to SDMB.  
I love this place!