Why are some music forums shutting down?
 

I mean come on!

Why are some music forums and other forums shutting down?

I am getting tired of websites shutting down -_-

Wasn't there a saying

"Once It's Posted It's On there" 'FOREVER!!!!!"

When a person opens a website or a forum....

It should stay online for eternity...

Same with GFX forums, all the one I been have closed due to financial problems or other ****...

MusicBanter had a problem way back in April where some guy name Chuck Harvey from MB's corporate headquarters was going to turn MusicBanter into an entirely different forum.

A lot of them have lost so many members and have such little traffic, I'm not surprised they're shutting down.
It probably comes down to a lack of interest vs operating expenses.

I assume other social sites like facebook are competing with music forums for participants in music related discussions and that the other sites are winning. I understand that being a forum user is not the norm these days, but just about everyone's on facebook ..

If I want to discuss a specific artist or a particular scene, facebook may also be a better place to do so because then I would discuss it with members of a particular group on there dedicated to the subject. Here I'd just have to hope that someone else has interest enough in the subject to discuss it with me if I start a topic.

This is the most likely issue. The other is outside pressure to limit file sharing and / or users who abuse the servers to those ends. Like Tore mentions as well, Facebook is likely the other big reason for a decline in users which results in less (or even negative) profit for the site owners.

They're shutting down because they finally realize that MB is a million times better than they are. :p

It's simple really. They're shutting down because donuts don't wear alligator shoes.

Why not just be happy that there are still forums to post on? Seems kind of ironic to post a thread asking why forums are closing on a forum that is still alive and active.

Forums in general are considered old hat, I think, because social media users find them slow, clunky, and inconvenient. This is coming from someone who mods a forumsite that got bought out by a second-rate social networking site seven years ago, harvested for its parts, and spit out after being suffocated into obscurity.

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Now I'm depressed.

I believe it is because some other forums take over and they will overrun the forum. I think some of us will form our own forum. But anyone want to talk on Facebook, ask and I will accept.

I'd love to find out what other cool music forums are out there!

It's not really that hard to figure out. Google is your friend.

You make-a me cry. :(

Ive been here since 07. The internet can be your friend, MB.

Hey there, Necro!
Nice to see you again.

Recently back to Ohio from residing in the Baton Rouge area for the past 7 months. Thank You Freebase, I hope to visit MB more often, if time permits.

Hey, Baton Rouge is like an hour and a half away from me. I go there every now and then to visit a sister. How did you like it?

I actually stay mainly in plaquemine, just south of BR. I keep my pistols by my side! when actually going TO Baton Rouge myself. Other than that, I love the deep south.

Good eats, no doubt.

CAJUN STYLE. They dont even have Popeyes Chicken here! Their red beans and rice. . aw man. Cajun Spice.