What has happened here?

[Argent Towers]

I'm looking at the SDMB main forums page and the only forum available is the Barn House forum. All the other ones have vanished into the ether. What is going on here? Am I alone?

[Ponderoid]

Originally Posted by Argent Towers

Am I alone?

Nope, I see it too.

*** Ponder

[Sarahfeena]

Originally Posted by Argent Towers

I'm looking at the SDMB main forums page and the only forum available is the Barn House forum. All the other ones have vanished into the ether. What is going on here? Am I alone?

No, you're not. They disappeared one by one. Maybe they're trying to tell us something!

[groman]

Originally Posted by Argent Towers

What is going on here? Am I alone?

At least you have your books.

[G1llyB4tes]

See what you get when it's free....

[MsWhatsit]

Um, whiskey tango foxtrot?

You're not the only one.

[Cat Whisperer]

That's all I'm seeing, too. I'm thinking (hoping) glitch? Either that or it really IS all about Ed Zotti!

[Silver Tyger]

Originally Posted by Argent Towers

I'm looking at the SDMB main forums page and the only forum available is the Barn House forum. All the other ones have vanished into the ether. What is going on here? Am I alone?

Nope. Somebody broke the Dope! Get the torches! *hefts pitchfork*

[Chanteuse]

No, you're not alone--I was wondering the same thing. I got the BBQ Pit and Barn House, then suddenly the Pit was gone, too. Spooky!

[Starving Artist]

Originally Posted by Argent Towers

I'm looking at the SDMB main forums page and the only forum available is the Barn House forum. All the other ones have vanished into the ether. What is going on here? Am I alone?

No, same here. I just posted about it in a Pit thread I already had open. First it was down to three forums, then down the Barn House only.

[nd_n8]

Originally Posted by Argent Towers

I'm looking at the SDMB main forums page and the only forum available is the Barn House forum. All the other ones have vanished into the ether. What is going on here? Am I alone?

I tried man, I tried to help quell the Barn House BS. I tried to tell them to stop the insanity.

I tried man.

I tried.

[thirdname]

Same here, but I found that manually changing the URL so I go to forum 17 (I think it was 17) brings me to the game room, and 15 seems to bring to an index labeled "Main" that has all the forums.

Link: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...splay.php?f=15 (And BTW, "Main" has all forums except this one.

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

It WORKED! The FOOLS! I'll show them ALL!

[Cat Whisperer]

Originally Posted by Sarahfeena

No, you're not. They disappeared one by one. Maybe they're trying to tell us something!

"And quietly, one by one, the stars go out."

[Naturally Oblivious]

They're still there.

I do think it's pretty damn shitty to make the main link only display the forum set up to advertise a book though.

[MsWhatsit]

Wait, now everything is back. We all must have seen them moving the Barn House to the Side Conversations area. (Very cool, by the way!)

I feel like an extreme loser for being on the Internet and refreshing this site frequently enough at 10pm on a Friday night to have 1) noticed this happening in progress and 2) commented on it in time. I need to reevaluate some stuff about my personal life...

[sundog66]

Logging out fixed it for me.

[Miller]

It's like that episode of Star Trek, where people keep disappearing from the ship, and no one but Doctor Crusher remembers them ever existing. And then the ship starts getting smaller...

[Starving Artist]

Now they're back and the Barn House forum is missing.

What fun these days, huh?

[Silver Tyger]

Oh. It looks like they were trying to get Barn House into it's own, um, sub-forum thingy. *drops pitchfork* I guess there's no need for the mob after all.

[Cat Whisperer]

Okay, they're back, but re-arranged.

[psycat90]

nevermind

[sundog66]

Originally Posted by MsWhatsit

Wait, now everything is back.

Or that....

[Rysto]

Yeesh, you guys. Things got re-arranged a bit, and you saw things while the re-arranging was in progress. Check out the SDMB home page: all the forums are back.

[nd_n8]

Originally Posted by Silver Tyger Girl

Oh. It looks like they were trying to get Barn House into it's own, um, sub-forum thingy. *drops pitchfork* I guess there's no need for the mob after all.

Don't be so hasty, we can find someone to fork up sooner or later.

[Silver Tyger]

Originally Posted by Rysto

Yeesh, you guys. Things got re-arranged a bit, and you saw things while the re-arranging was in progress. Check out the SDMB home page: all the forums are back.

But I wanted to form an angry mob, darnit!

[tnetennba]

"Side conversations" is funny though. As if all the others are on topic.

[nd_n8]

Can we put a hijacks forum in there?

[Polycarp]

Originally Posted by featherlou

"And quietly, one by one, the stars go out."

Ah, the last line of "The Nine Billion Names of Zotti"!!

[Rico]

"All your books are belong to us..."