Hello, Glad To See An Actual Forum Still Active.

Discussion in 'Majorgeeks Welcome Center' started by curiouslywritten, Mar 15, 2024.

  1. curiouslywritten

    curiouslywritten Private E-2

    Hello! I have been visiting this site for years to find software I need or mess with ones I dont. I was searching around for a recent issue and found there was a forum people actually still used! These forums have always been my favorite part of the internet and I think the worst thing about Facebook is that they killed these forums with their horribly designed groups.

    My name is Randy and I am from Kansas City, MO. I have been messing around with computers since the 80s and the interest has never left me. I have carpal and cubital tunnel in both arms for my troubles.

    Other than that, I am a single girl dad and have some pets. I am a reseller who helps liquidate estates and businesses, mostly specialize in selling vintage housewares, electronics, and collectibles but usually have a bit of everything. I left the corporate world after 20 years and hope to never return!

    Hopefully, I can help someone with some issues and hopefully get some help in return!
     
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  2. the mekanic

    the mekanic Major Mekanical Geek

    Welcome to the forum. Fancifully enough, we're all machines too. stack.jpg
     
  3. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    Hi and welcome to the forums. It's quieted down here since the start but we still get plenty of traffic, especially in our help forums.
     
  4. Wenchie

    Wenchie I R teh brat

    I'm just here to cause chaos and get likes.
     
  5. curiouslywritten

    curiouslywritten Private E-2

    That's my general creed but I don't care about the likes!
     
  6. curiouslywritten

    curiouslywritten Private E-2

    It is amazing how quickly the phpbb forums died. A couple of them I posted on for years had people that posted all day long and communities of hundreds of thousands of people and within months, they withered away. I log in every few months to keep my account active but there are maybe a few post a month mostly asking if anyone is still there. I wish they would make a comeback but Discord is probably as close as we will get.
     
  7. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    They did sort of go pretty quickly when they went. People move on to the newer shiny things that are perceived to be better. We've done pretty well most likely because we are primarily a computer support forum to our main site which hosts software.
     
  8. Wenchie

    Wenchie I R teh brat

    It was because I left for a while. My bad. :D

    I have returned to sparkle and sprinkle the forums with my borderline inappropriate one-liners!
     
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  9. grimaccce

    grimaccce Private E-2

    welcome from australia
     
  10. curiouslywritten

    curiouslywritten Private E-2

    I actually went to a forum today I hadn't been on in years thinking it would still be somewhat active because it is the forum of a popular fantasy author and his series is very popular (Jim Butcher of the Dresden Files). Other than a couple threads that are still going, the forum just completely died in 2019 which was before the last book came out. It is like everyone left town in a hurry. There is no sign of them evening moving to another place.
     
  11. Wenchie

    Wenchie I R teh brat

    They're probably waiting for everyone else. I know here, I was super active - OG geek - until life got in the way, then I would check in from time to time, but people slowly stopped posting, so I had nothing to reply to. Now I make a menace of myself in "the Lounge" hoping some of them will come back.
     
  12. Non-BBQ'd Steak

    Non-BBQ'd Steak Private E-2

    Amazing, life is good when it's good. Thanks for sticking around. Can't believe forums are still active in 2024!
     
  13. Goddess Bastet

    Goddess Bastet Sergeant Major

  14. Wenchie

    Wenchie I R teh brat

    Listen, we can't have a thread about forums being active and then not post in it for two weeks. Hustle, people, HUSTLE!
     
  15. Goddess Bastet

    Goddess Bastet Sergeant Major

    We’ve been having stormy weather - high winds & heavy rain.
    On top of that, in our village we regularly have blackouts in the colder weather.
     
  16. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    After lots of outages, lasting a few hours, a day or over a week, we finally installed a whole house generator. We've lost power for exactly 2 minutes in the past 13 months. Isn't that always the way?

    We aren't sorry we installed it because now we don't have to worry about throwing out spoiled food, making sure all devices are charged before a storm, not having to worry about the power going out when the sump pump is working to remove water and not worrying about pipes freezing if we have no heat for a few days in close to freezing outside temperatures.
     
  17. Goddess Bastet

    Goddess Bastet Sergeant Major

    Here the power can be out a few hours & happens usually at night.
    Peace of mind is priceless.
     
  18. Wenchie

    Wenchie I R teh brat

    What keeps you all in places that sound so very frustrating?
     

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