Why is this forum dead?

[Boots]

It has been a long time coming as this forum was started back in 2006, and grew well for over a decade. Lots of members posting about our hobbies and pets, but as time has gone on less and less people signup and less and less post. I had been thinking of merging the Thamnophis community into the sSnakeSs community, but at this point, I am thinking of shutting down the sites and calling it a day. It is a shame to see but it is what it is. Thanks for posting and asking, but really communities like these are here for the membership.

Jason

[MNGuy]

It has been a long time coming as this forum was started back in 2006, and grew well for over a decade. Lots of members posting about our hobbies and pets, but as time has gone on less and less people signup and less and less post. I had been thinking of merging the Thamnophis community into the sSnakeSs community, but at this point, I am thinking of shutting down the sites and calling it a day. It is a shame to see but it is what it is. Thanks for posting and asking, but really communities like these are here for the membership.

Jason

Do you own and operate both sites?

The crazy thing to me is that are 2,000+ views on this post alone, so the issue isn’t that people aren’t interested—it’s that they don’t get engaged. They don’t answer posts or create posts of their own.

I don’t get why people like to read but not engage. Don’t they know that means the forum will go away?

[notsosorry]

Glad to see that this was posted a while ago and the site is still up! I used this site for a biology reference in my class regarding juvenile garter's having the mutation where they have little to no scales. Super cool site, and now I have a major snake obsession! Always been spooked by them, but glad to find out they are just little guys, yknow? Anyways, this site has been super helpful on my snake obsession journey. I am so glad that it is still up. Forums like this are what the internet is for. People with niche interests coming together and connecting. Facebook is trying to do what niche-r sites like this DO, build community and good resources. All Facebook does is make people feel lonelier.