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Originally Posted by Frenchie
thought everyone had switched to Facebook
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That's exactly it... most have moved their activity and questions onto facebook/instagram. It's been a general decline for many forums over the last 5 years.
We're looking at our options with SES - this forum has been a great place for the Subaru community since 2008 - but it unfortunately does cost to run. If the usage isn't there these days as people have migrated to social media, that isn't a viable cost long term. We've also got some upgrades to do and if we have any problems with those, it might be the right time to say enough is enough, and just migrate to facebook completely. Hopefully we have a clearer picture in the coming weeks.
In terms of the upgrades, our hosts are forcing through a few backend software upgrades (at some point) which may well break this version of the forum. We don't know when - they said they would do it last month, but didn't. So if we disappear suddenly, that's why. Once it happens, we should be able to get back online (pending any decision mentioned above) by upgrading our software to match.
Watch this space I guess. We know there's a few of you chaps who only use the forum and aren't on social media, but it may well be one of those cases where we can't please everyone....