The future of Hydrostream Forums
Posted: Oct 15, 2016 10:22 pm
UPDATE - Oct 15th 2017: Update to this topic - http://www.hydrostreamforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=2771&p=22671#p22671
After much thought and careful consideration I have decided that no later than Jan 1st 2017, possibly sooner, Hydrostream Forums will be locked down and become archive only and will not be accepting any new members, taking donations, or allowing anymore posts and will be a read only site for a short time until I decide to take it off line.
The reason for this decision is due to the likes of Facebook and it driving almost all of the members away from the site in favor for the Hydrostream groups on Facebook. We went from being a very active forum getting an average of 15+ members a day and 10+ new posts a day on average with many days being much higher for almost 5 years solid since it started back in March of 2009 and the last 2 1/2 years we have went to an average of 1-2 visits a day from members and down to an average of one new post over a 2 week period at best. I still check in ever day when I can and still do a ton of work behind the scenes to keep things updated and running smoothly for everyone and am saddened by the lack of use of the web site now days and its become to expensive and troublesome to keep running with zero participation. Trust me, its not something I want to do but I just cant see myself keeping things going if its not going to get used anymore.
So with that, its been a good ride and I cant thank everyone enough that was there for the whole ride, or even a part of it. I'm not getting away from the Hydrostream scene what so ever in any way shape or form personally but unless something changes here with the user participation, I am going to be forced to close up shop here.
With that said, sorry for any inconvenience this may cause anyone.
After much thought and careful consideration I have decided that no later than Jan 1st 2017, possibly sooner, Hydrostream Forums will be locked down and become archive only and will not be accepting any new members, taking donations, or allowing anymore posts and will be a read only site for a short time until I decide to take it off line.
The reason for this decision is due to the likes of Facebook and it driving almost all of the members away from the site in favor for the Hydrostream groups on Facebook. We went from being a very active forum getting an average of 15+ members a day and 10+ new posts a day on average with many days being much higher for almost 5 years solid since it started back in March of 2009 and the last 2 1/2 years we have went to an average of 1-2 visits a day from members and down to an average of one new post over a 2 week period at best. I still check in ever day when I can and still do a ton of work behind the scenes to keep things updated and running smoothly for everyone and am saddened by the lack of use of the web site now days and its become to expensive and troublesome to keep running with zero participation. Trust me, its not something I want to do but I just cant see myself keeping things going if its not going to get used anymore.
So with that, its been a good ride and I cant thank everyone enough that was there for the whole ride, or even a part of it. I'm not getting away from the Hydrostream scene what so ever in any way shape or form personally but unless something changes here with the user participation, I am going to be forced to close up shop here.
With that said, sorry for any inconvenience this may cause anyone.