Contributing to a dead forum??

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I joined a small forum many years ago maximum 40 members - then it reduced for many reasons and then we were informed the 'owner' had died - we contacted the family who confirmed this. we are now down to approx 4 members who drop in occasionally and chat - but no new additional members arrived - we just keep chatting occasionally. We could of course contact the parent company and provide update but I think we still feel 'attached' So unless we take action it may just keep floating about in cyberspace for ever?? - it feels like we don't wanna give it up?? weird heh?
 

smiley said:
I joined a small forum many years ago maximum 40 members - then it reduced for many reasons and then we were informed the 'owner' had died - we contacted the family who confirmed this. we are now down to approx 4 members who drop in occasionally and chat - but no new additional members arrived - we just keep chatting occasionally. We could of course contact the parent company and provide update but I think we still feel 'attached' So unless we take action it may just keep floating about in cyberspace for ever?? - it feels like we don't wanna give it up?? weird heh?
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Why donā€™t you invite the remaining 3 members here? This site has been going for over 10 years. We lose some members due to death and what have you but new members are always joining. Itā€™s a fun site with many threads to get some involved in.

Anyway welcome to the site.
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smiley said:
I joined a small forum many years ago maximum 40 members - then it reduced for many reasons and then we were informed the 'owner' had died - we contacted the family who confirmed this. we are now down to approx 4 members who drop in occasionally and chat - but no new additional members arrived - we just keep chatting occasionally. We could of course contact the parent company and provide update but I think we still feel 'attached' So unless we take action it may just keep floating about in cyberspace for ever?? - it feels like we don't wanna give it up?? weird heh?
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why don't you give the link to the forum out....
 
smiley said:
I joined a small forum many years ago maximum 40 members - then it reduced for many reasons and then we were informed the 'owner' had died - we contacted the family who confirmed this. we are now down to approx 4 members who drop in occasionally and chat - but no new additional members arrived - we just keep chatting occasionally. We could of course contact the parent company and provide update but I think we still feel 'attached' So unless we take action it may just keep floating about in cyberspace for ever?? - it feels like we don't wanna give it up?? weird heh?
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I'm in exactly the same situation. I'm in a forum with just 4 members and I am the only female. I'm tired of all the boys' talk and I'm pretty much out of step re politics. It is the only outlet I have to talk about US and Australian politics but I'm rather tired of the predictability of the posts.

I want to leave but feel obligated to stay. Perhaps I should just pick a fight and exist stage right?
 
Warrigal said:
I'm in exactly the same situation. I'm in a forum with just 4 members and I am the only female. I'm tired of all the boys' talk and I'm pretty much out of step re politics. It is the only outlet I have to talk about US and Australian politics but I'm rather tired of the predictability of the posts.

I want to leave but feel obligated to stay. Perhaps I should just pick a fight and exist stage right?
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just stop posting..lol
 
smiley said:

Contributing to a dead forum??​

I joined a small forum many years ago maximum 40 members - then it reduced for many reasons and then we were informed the 'owner' had died - we contacted the family who confirmed this. we are now down to approx 4 members who drop in occasionally and chat - but no new additional members arrived - we just keep chatting occasionally. We could of course contact the parent company and provide update but I think we still feel 'attached' So unless we take action it may just keep floating about in cyberspace for ever?? - it feels like we don't wanna give it up?? weird heh?
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I did that once. It was Class Mates. One member was going through a particularly rough divorce. We gave him as much verbal love and support as we could. He decided he was going to visit another member of the forum, leave his car there and rent a motorcycle to ride it cross country. I can't say why but I had a very bad feeling about it and I told him to make sure to keep the motorcycle between his legs at all times. I said it as a joke but deep down I meant something much more serious. I don't know .... I just felt something.

He drove his car to the other class mate and checked in with us all along the way so we knew where he was. He made it, rented a motorcycle and parked his car in the driveway. A couple of days after he left with the motorcycle the "other class-mate" wrote about the crash. Our friend had driven straight off the road and into a tree. I understood even if no one else did. I kept replying to our deceased friend through Class Mates just to keep his memory alive. Eventually I realized that I was the only one there so I gave up. :(
 
I used to belong to a forum for a chronic condition I have and made some really cool friends. The problem is that the owner couldn't afford to keep up with the costs and she let us know that she was going to close the site down. It made us sad because all the posts were going away, too. I still send birthday and Christmas greetings to one or two who have kept in touch but I really miss the site.
 
I've been on various forums since about 1992. For the ones that pay a server, all the members chip in what we can. That's the way it's always been. I don't think anyone expects the admin(s) to bear the entire cost. I'd be happy to help contribute here.
 
Warrigal said:
I want to leave but feel obligated to stay. Perhaps I should just pick a fight and exist stage right?
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Just exit stage right. You don't owe those people anything.

I've left a couple music forums for different reasons. People being mean to each other was the main reason. I don't need that.

In every instance, I never 'announced' I was going. I just stopped. No big deal.
 
smiley said:
I joined a small forum many years ago maximum 40 members - then it reduced for many reasons and then we were informed the 'owner' had died - we contacted the family who confirmed this. we are now down to approx 4 members who drop in occasionally and chat - but no new additional members arrived - we just keep chatting occasionally. We could of course contact the parent company and provide update but I think we still feel 'attached' So unless we take action it may just keep floating about in cyberspace for ever?? - it feels like we don't wanna give it up?? weird heh?
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What's the forum? People can't join if they don't know.
 
smiley said:
I've never had to pay a fee on the dozens of forums I've been on across the world - they all advertise a lot remember?
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Right, but someone still has to manually pay it. I've never seen where ad money goes straight to the server payment because it wouldn't match. Has it been a year since the owner died? It might be on a contract that's running out.
 
never knew what the deal was or discussed it at all - sometimes they may be free and rely on a tonne of advertising that comes with them? - we were just members and never worried about ownerships and management issues? -
 
I can could take a few weeks? - but ya know I bet this one is not the only one in the universe experiencing this - could be thousands??
 

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