RIP Derek Price AKA Snakeair :(

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Snakeair

So this actually happened about 2 years ago but looks like ProBoards was not informed. I never knew him in person and I only found this very recently when digging through links trying to find people to reconnect with.


Derek Julian Price
April 20, 1980 ~ June 12, 2018 (age 38) www.bradleystow.com/notices/Derek-Price

Facebook:  www.facebook.com/snakeair
Bio from his blog:  www.wpoutcast.com/about-us/

For those who don't know he has contributed a lot to this forum (much of it the support board when he was here) and was a Global Moderator for a period of time. It's been a while since those days. We had chatted a lot and I'll miss his humour and all the jokes surrounding the bugs boards.

Gone too soon... Rest in Peace.

[User 180565 is taking donation]

May he rest easy sad another legend gone I have faint memories of him but knew his name well here.

[D]

This is terrible news. Many members will not know how immense his contribution to the Support board was, and of course the old bugs sub-board. I learned a lot from him back in the day and he was always very patient and helpful with me even though I was probably very annoying when I first starting trying to help! Tens of thousands of ProBoards admins will have benefitted from his knowledge and friendliness over the years and above all else he was a genuinely good guy.

RIP mate.

[Shady]

This is so sad. He was a great contributor to this forum, and although I never spoke to him much away from it, I always liked him. He had a great sense of humour, and seemed to get on with everyone in GT. I know that his main contribution was in Support, and everyone spoke very highly of the way he helped others, but I knew him in here. Such a nice guy. And he was only 38.

I makes you think a lot about online communities, and what happens to people when they stop posting. Many people have drifted away over the years, and it’s sad that we can go 2 years without knowing that someone has passed away. That said, he hadn’t posted since 2016 and there may not be many left who knew him during his most active phases.

[HoudiniDerek]

I only interacted with him intermittently, but he was easy to talk to and he was very intelligent. Definitely a sad day to know he has passed. Makes me wonder about all of the others too, Shady....

[daniel]

RIP Snake.

I saw his profile in my contacts list on Linkedin just a few days ago and thought it'd been a while since I'd heard from him. He always seemed down to earth and super helpful.

[Minime]

Oh no, that’s so sad to hear! I’ll add on that I never really personally spoke to him, but I always got a good impression from him, and he seemed like a solid poster. Never had a problem with him. My condolences to his loved ones. ><

[ScottCool]

I actually stumbled across his profile and posting the other day and was curios to what had ever happened. I remember his contributions here greatly. RIP.

[Artemis]

Oh, this hurts. I only interacted with him a few times directly, but I always saw him in the support board and around the forum and he was one of the coolest and friendliest people here. He was one of the names I always associated with this forum and I missed seeing him around in more recent years.

[bigballofyarn]

Wow. I was in that part of New Jersey just the other day. I had no idea he was practically a neighbor. When people pass away so young, I always want to know how it happened. He was a great person, an intelligent man, and a strong New Jersyan. I wish the best to his soul in Heaven as well as his family and friends on Earth.

[mmhmm]

So very sorry to hear this. Sleep softly, Snake.

[User 180565 is taking donation]

Could someone remind me if he owned a forum? I'm almost certain he ran a design site

[Bones]

I didn't know him that well personally, but being here for 18 years I obviously knew him and what he did for us all. A sad loss for our community.

[Craig]

Like Bones, i didn't know him very well personally, but his contribution to this community was, and still is, immense. His presence here is missed.

[BEAST]

A name I remember from the early days here at ProBoards 


RIP Fella