Where is everyone?

[Hippie459MN]

Hello? Anyone out there?

[AdamDK]

Sorry. New home ownership has put the Viper on hold, especially since I no longer have a garage. Saving up for one of those portable car shelters.

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[Hippie459MN]

Oh I get it. Over a month later and im still packing and unpacking and putting things away from my move and it has kept me away from the internet a lot.

I just wish that the site would get back to even half the traffic and posts it once had. I feel like I have exhausted all my options and its just not working.

[alaskastreamin]

I have a couple friends getting off FB to get their life back. Don't know if this is a trend or not. Sure hope people will start trickling back on here. Would hate to lose this site.
If you closed it down, would the .org site go as well?

I sent in my Virage article to Mark Casper and did a follow-up email months later to see if he got it. Hope to see it get added to the list.

[dehydrated]

I have to admit I don't check into this site as often as I should So much different sites off of Facebook a guy gets lost in the boating world. Most of the time I get lost trying to load pictures because I'm computer illiterate and don't follow directions very well. But I do love this site and all that you have done for the Hydrostream community. Thanks Kevin

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[Hippie459MN]

Well, its official... There is a 90% chance the forum will not make it to its 10th birthday in March. Looks like Facebook has officially claimed the life of this forum.

I am still trying to figure out what to do with things but as far the forum, I have lost the drive and due to almost no user interaction anymore, my heart just isn't in it anymore. I still have a HUGE passion for Hydrostreams and performance boating and I will not be giving that up but I just dont have the time to dedicate to keeping a forum running when its not being utilized the way it should.

Once I come up with a plan I will make an announcement both here and on facebook but as it stands, the forum part of the site will be coming to an end, sadly, sooner than later.

[Hippie459MN]

Would hate to lose this site.
If you closed it down, would the .org site go as well?

I sent in my Virage article to Mark Casper and did a follow-up email months later to see if he got it. Hope to see it get added to the list.

No .org would not go anywhere.

And if anything does happen, I will do my best to preserve as much info as I can here. Keeping everything up to date, spam free, and just keeping everything going on something that is just not being utilized is getting to be too much. I check in every day and as of this post, there has not been a single new post in almost 2 weeks and that was one or two posts that pretty much had zero replies and the new users have not come back since. I have exhausted all of my options and ideas to get people back here or get user participation up but nothing works yet I see A LOT of long time, once very active members, over posting many times a day over on the Facebook groups. As much as I dont want to say it, Facebook has officially claimed the life of this forum.

[RussF]

I still visit

[Hippie459MN]

Im still here everyday hoping I see some activity but I see nothing. I wish people would post here and not only on Facebook. I am locked out of my Facebook account so I cant even get on there (been 2 1/2 weeks now and I don't really miss it) to see whats all going on, short of making another account and I don't have the time or patients for that. Thankfully I have AdamDK to keep the FB group in order until I can get back on there, if I do. LoL

But yeah, thinks are looking grim for the site if things don't pick up soon.

[AdamDK]

Even the FB group has been quiet. But its also December so its not surprising really.