Hi, Regina here
I just popped in to apologize for the recent(ish) drama involving user ip. I only shared info with snail to stay aware of serial cowtippers and dramamongerers that were using both sites to stir up pointless hostility. As you all probably understand, strange types can be attracted to drama sites and it's difficult to admin blind. Looking back I do accept that I crossed some lines and took liberties I shouldn't have. Farmers are right to expect a greater measure of anonymity and I'm sorry for violating that.
That said, running the farm has slowly turned from an enjoyable hobby to an unpleasant chore for me, and the backlash I recieved over this was the final straw in the camel. I'm sure some of you know I've been trying to find a new admin for lolcow.farm, but it's been very difficult. People either don't have the technical or financial ability to take on the board, or they are complete strangers to me and I can't trust them to continue running the board in the manner you all expect.
In the end my choices came down to closing lolcow entirely, or making a deal that was less than perfect. I chose to sell lolcow farm to our new admin, aussiechan. He's a long-time fixture in our discord, and the only person I can trust with both the technical experience and financial interest in keeping the site afloat. I expect he will continue to run things the way you're all accustomed to and he has assured me he will take the security of your identifying data very seriously.
Thanks for all the good times, but I'm outta here!