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The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator
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But if you ever find a small golden ring down in your extinct volcano... Leave it! |
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11-20-2015, 04:58 AM | #2 |
The Black Númenórean
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LCOU! Now there's a name I haven't seen here in a very long time! How're you doing?
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02-22-2017, 04:42 AM | #3 |
Dúnedain Ranger of the North
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facebook, twitter, instagram, snapchat, pinterest, etc. etc. The attention span has been reduced to 140 characters. I always thought it counter-productive for an internet forum site have a 'facebook' page. It's sort of like committing suicide.
I first came here when the first Tolkien-themed messageboard I was a part of (TORC) crashed in August 2000. I went searching for others. I registered here (when it was EZboard I think), on Minas Tirith, Land of Rohan, Council of Elrond, and Tolkienforum. The first one banned me, the second and fourth one I still visit on occasion (like here) though Council of Elrond is a functional basketcase of its former self. The third one I don't think I ever went back to after the first day, and the fifth one I visit to read story posts but rarely post myself. I think I was with Ringbearer.org until it folded and tried to re-invent itself as something else. I registered with a few new ones that I found in 2007, like Fanatics Plaza, which still has quite an active core involved, but it seems the day of the messageboard is passed. All that remain seem to have a handfull of dedicated old members that keep the wheels rolling, albeit very slowly. When the site administrators abandon their sites, it usually spells the end of the line.
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03-25-2017, 03:20 AM | #4 |
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not a member of any of those... man, I feel like a din-o-saur
EZboards... hehe... strange days of yore, before the towers fell... First post here in 7 years, probably my last at this rate Sorry now, have to go back on Usenet and rewind my VHS recordings of Barney Miller....
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04-02-2017, 07:06 PM | #5 |
Dúnedain Ranger of the North
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Usenet BBS... that takes me back!
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04-04-2017, 10:45 PM | #6 |
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I'm here every year or so whether I'm needed or not!
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04-25-2017, 10:48 AM | #7 |
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Interesting! I hope you find new adventures
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04-25-2017, 01:03 PM | #8 |
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Yes, and keep us posted!
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05-03-2017, 06:39 PM | #9 |
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Not only this forum is lonely - at the moment the whole Entmoot is lonely
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05-04-2017, 03:17 PM | #10 |
Elf Lady
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That's sound advice...
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05-17-2017, 07:03 PM | #11 |
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Oh my goodness guys. I don't even remember posting all the stuff I posted in this thread.
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08-20-2017, 09:14 PM | #12 |
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Wow, very lonely. Dropping in to say hi though!
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11-09-2017, 06:15 PM | #13 |
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In its heyday this was one of the best boards out there! Always enjoyed lurking and reading. Great people.
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12-03-2017, 08:24 AM | #14 | |
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Yes. I may just need to leave the ring be. I want things to be interesting, just not THAT interesting. Of course, if I'm close enough to such a ring to be able to see it, then I'll already be drawn to it whether I like it or not. Resisting the call of the ring is a herculean feat only a hobbit can pull off. |
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11-21-2020, 02:39 PM | #15 |
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All "old fashioned" bulletin board forums are slower these days. Pity I prefer them to social media like Facebook/Twitter etc. I recently thought of the good ol' days of Entmoot (early to mid 00s)...miss it a lot!
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11-22-2020, 10:25 AM | #16 |
The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator
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Yeah, I also still prefer forums to newer social media like facebook and twitter. But I reckon we're the minority.
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11-25-2020, 02:23 AM | #17 |
Dúnedain Ranger of the North
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I got rid of the fecebook app from my phone and closed my twitter. I'll login to fecebook on my computer at times mainly to see what the kids and grandkids are doing and to download their pictures. Makes life simpler. As for all the old legacy Tolkien sites from around the turn of the century, the only one I know that has had a recent update / renovation was Tolkien Forums. That was onlyu due to the original guy who started it got ill and handed off his site to someone who has been doing a good job looking after it. It seems to attract new members too. Others that are still around like The One Rong.com and Arwen Undomiel still have news of the Hobbit movies from 2010 or thereabouts. Then there is this place and Barrow Downs which are pretty much the same as they ever was.
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