Sad when a forum 'dies'?

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03-18-2006, 07:19 PM
~SapphireStar~

Sad when a forum 'dies'?

The very first forum I joined has sadly 'died.' The 2 admins set up a goodbye section in the forum and it is sad reading the posts from other members. The forum had so many members and had been up for years, but people registered, made 1 or 2 posts and never returned. And lots of people from the forum have moved home, gone to Uni/college, jobs and stopped going. I did for awhile cause I had Uni work and barely found the time to visit.

Its sad because I made so many friends there who I chatted to on MSN and had a laugh with. We helped each other out. It was the first and last place I became a mod too. I enjoyed it because I helped to clean the forum up and ban spammers.

Has anyone else been apart of a big community online and then it 'dies'? I couldnt think of a better term for it.
03-18-2006, 07:22 PM
Stayin Dizzy

this is the only forum I tend to look at, and will never die.
03-18-2006, 07:23 PM
Chris

No, EoFF was the very first forum I joined and it's still going strong. EoFF is the most popular Final Fantasy forum on the internet.
03-18-2006, 07:23 PM
ff7+ff10 gurl 100

I hope EoFF doesnt die..EVAR!! I would miss it eternally :(
03-18-2006, 07:24 PM
Evastio

This forum seemed to die a little ever since I joined it. :(
03-18-2006, 07:26 PM
kikimm

Well, I went to this one forum a lot last year. It wasn't big or anything, but it was realy fun, until lala and then we killed it. That was pretty depressing, and disappointing. But it's much better now. ;)

Not exactly the same thing as dying, I know, but somewhat similar.
03-18-2006, 07:29 PM
Lindy

I give this place a year, maybe two, tops.
03-18-2006, 07:41 PM
Luther X-Rated

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~SapphireStar~

Has anyone else been apart of a big community online and then it 'dies'? I couldnt think of a better term for it.

Yes, I feel your pain!
I once was a member of a forum that died out :(
No, wait a minute I forgot I was just Banned!!! :mad2:
03-18-2006, 07:53 PM
Cz

Eh, it could be worse. The existing members could just filter out and be replaced by a bunch of immature jerks, making a mockery of the place and everything it stands for. This has happened plenty of times in the past.
03-18-2006, 07:56 PM
Lindy

I lol'd.
03-18-2006, 07:56 PM
Yamaneko

Before EoFF dies we'll all meet in Feedback and commit e-suicide. We'll then proceed to go outside and enjoy life.
03-18-2006, 07:56 PM
Dreddz

Yep, one forum closed then re opened on a new name then died, there werent very many members, but we loved those forums so much that we were all very gutted when it died.
03-18-2006, 08:00 PM
Rye

Yeah. I died inside when RF and bel; died. :(
03-18-2006, 08:01 PM
Cz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yamaneko

Before EoFF dies we'll all meet in Feedback and commit e-suicide. We'll then proceed to go outside and enjoy life.

I will be very disappointed if we don't actually do this. Assuming I'm still around, of course. Which is very unlikely as I will have a life by then and will have better things to do than hang around on the internet all day. :shifty:
03-18-2006, 08:01 PM
Lindy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yamaneko

Before EoFF dies we'll all meet in Feedback and commit e-suicide. We'll then proceed to go outside and enjoy life.

That's lies and you know it, you can't EVER enjoy life, it's not in your programming.
03-18-2006, 08:05 PM
Rye

Speaking of e-suicide, I wonder if someone's ever REALLY commited e-suicide. Like, no more website of mine dedicated to R = U, I'll slit my HTML codes! No more internet, I'll cry into my modem, etc.
03-18-2006, 08:07 PM
Lindy

lj-cut my life into pieces, this is my last resort.
03-18-2006, 09:54 PM
Ramza Beoulve

Well, I was in two forums, they died the same time :(

After a week, the administrators joined forces and now a more powerful forum is alive, and I'm one of the three administrators

It is like a reborn
03-18-2006, 10:12 PM
Agent Proto

Oh, I can't take it any longer!!!!!!

*commits e-suicide*
03-18-2006, 10:17 PM
Rye

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lindy

lj-cut my life into pieces, this is my last resort.

Crawling in my Xanga skin, these irreparable markup errors will not heal.
03-18-2006, 10:37 PM
VorpalCyberWolf

Well, this is my first and favorite forum... and I was here when it was still fairly small, but I lurves it very much.

I was on another forum that died recently, then was sort of reborn, then died again, then recently got reborn again... It seems to happen a lot.

Oh, and I prefer e-genocide to e-suicide. Much more artistic.
03-18-2006, 11:25 PM
Maxico

It may be the largest Final Fantasy based forum, but I doubt that many of the regulars touch the Final Fantasy related sections any more.
03-18-2006, 11:37 PM
XxSephirothxX

Yeah. Mine. :p But it's okay, it was never very big anyway. I'm planning a restart in the near future, and hopefully I'll be able to attract some members who are honestly good and interesting people. It wasn't really that sad, since I'd stopped paying any attention to it and saw the demise a good six months ahead of time.
03-19-2006, 12:35 AM
faster skating penguin

My gr00vy forums died, twice.

My main forum, PD, goes through boring periods of inactivity, but always bounces back. It's starting to bounce back again, and I just got my 6000th post! :)
03-19-2006, 12:41 AM
Meat Puppet

My depression started the day Psychotic locked his forum.
03-19-2006, 12:45 AM
Psychotic

The first time or the second time?

EDIT: Or the third?
03-19-2006, 12:49 AM
Meat Puppet

All of the above.
03-19-2006, 12:55 AM
Psychotic

To be honest with you, I just wanted a good excuse to quote that song.
03-19-2006, 03:23 AM
nik0tine

I'll cry when EoFF dies.
03-19-2006, 03:27 AM
eestlinc

Plenty of people fake their deaths online. I wont name names.
03-19-2006, 03:38 AM
Momiji

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evastio

This forum seemed to die a little ever since I joined it. :(

You've only been here three days now. Maybe you're the one killing it? Noooo! *commits e-suicide*
03-19-2006, 03:54 AM
faster skating penguin

My main board (PD) is having some of the best netdrama ever tonight! :)
03-19-2006, 04:02 AM
Kawaii Ryûkishi

ASC died.
03-19-2006, 04:20 AM
Shine On...

I'm in this one forum currently that is small, and I really like it, but it's gotten REAL stagnant, and I predict future e-suicide for it and all it's members, even me...
03-19-2006, 04:51 AM
K-chan

Eh, it happens. Sadly though, RP sites seem to be the quickest to go.
03-19-2006, 08:13 PM
KoShiatar

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yamaneko

Before EoFF dies we'll all meet in Feedback and commit e-suicide. We'll then proceed to go outside and enjoy life.

I want to be there.
I never seriously tried to commit Internet suicide, though I admit it would be truly good for me. I spend way too much time in front of the damn box.
03-19-2006, 08:48 PM
Vincent Valentine

I've never joined a forum that's died per-se... but I abandoned one in particular a long time again, that ended up totally collapsing in upon it's own over-inflated ego. The forum in particular is Anime League. You know there's something wrong when a forum is more well known for the admin's love of "younger" girls than anything else. For the last couple of years now, it's been nothing more than a hive of wanton drama whoring and teenage e-prostitution.

Go there if you need a good laugh at the expense of other people's stupidity. Look out for the members "Mewski" and "FreeSaiyan" especially.

I used to semi vacate Advent Children.net's forums, but since the release of the movie, the place has just... shriveled. It may as well be dead, for what it matters now.
03-19-2006, 08:52 PM
Levian

The fun thing about dead forums is that you can spam the living daylights out of it without anyone noticing until a few months later. Then they'll spam the living daylights out of it. Then I ban them, and remove my spam.
03-19-2006, 10:07 PM
McLovin'

My forum died. I got over it. I called it Eyes and EARS on FF. Good times.
03-19-2006, 10:11 PM
Shoden

I've had 2 dead forums and happened to be on a massive forum that just died.
03-19-2006, 10:24 PM
Evastio

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justin

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evastio

This forum seemed to die a little ever since I joined it. :(

You've only been here three days now. Maybe you're the one killing it? Noooo! *commits e-suicide*

Either that or since I'm checking these forums a lot more frequently it seems that people are posting more slower than usual.
03-19-2006, 10:30 PM
Shoeberto

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kawaii Ryûkishi

ASC died.

You shut your filthy mouth.
03-20-2006, 01:48 AM
Roto13

I know my favourite forum is going to die. There are only about 10 or 15 regular posters there. It's really too bad.
03-20-2006, 03:51 AM
Reine

The few smaller forums I go to often seem like they are dieing, but pop back up later..

Mine seems to be very dead...
03-20-2006, 04:23 AM
Miriel

I was once part of a forum that was really strong and thriving forum one day, and gone the next day.

In the following days, it was found out that the owner of the board had pulled the plug on the board and was selling it on Ebay, posts and all. He wasn't just selling the site, he was selling other people's posts. >_>

But yeah, that forum came back under new leadership and it's still active today even though I don't visit it much anymore. But yeah, for those initial few days after the first forum disappeared, I was pretty pissed off.
03-20-2006, 07:21 AM
Yuffie514

never joined a forum that died. i just end up:

1) being an extremely non-active member.
2) forum is in "hiatus" or under maintenance, etc.
3) ...what a small community this is!

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