Farewell...

[SuperSajuuk]

I think Discord has a very different feel to it than conventional forums. It's more of an instant messaging platform and, though it does have an option to reply directly to old posts, most conversations on it tend to just happen over a short period of time before moving on to a different topic. I personally prefer the more laid-back feel of forums like this one. Also, you can't read the posts in a server without actually joining it, and I think a forum like this should be open for people to find and read without needing to sign up.

It’s true that Discord is more instant-messenger like, but it is trying to be more community-like, specifically the Threads allows you to have a preserved discussion thats easy to break off from the main thing. Many of the largest communities nowadays tend to have discord servers, they’re simply more accessible than the costs of a forum [£500 for this site is a lot of money!]

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It's worth remembering this place didn't take off because it was announced eight minutes after Asa stated TV Forum was closing, it took off because Rob was a trusted and respected member of the community and it was a natural evolution for both the forum and for Rob's TV Live site.

Frankly anybody opening a forum on the day they conceive it raises a few red flags - it needs a bit of consideration first and testing and you really need to think about what you want it to be, the tone it should take and the time and finances it may take, plus as we've seen the potential personal impact it may have.  It's often not as fun as it seems switching from member to moderator.

Completely agreed. I even made a discord server last night but i don’t intend to invite anyone to it yet until i get a structure that looks decent, and for which others would actually approve of using. And if everyone wanted to join a different server [because it got the endorsement of Rob+the mods here], i’d end up deleting mine without incurring any cost. I don’t think very many people realise the cost implications of “just setting up a new forum”, it isn’t that easy and splinters the community for no reason.