# How much longer can the SDMB last? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 8, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339 "2006-12-08T14:26:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/1 "2006-12-08T14:26:29Z")
I got to musing on this subject recently, when I was reminded about a bygone troll predicting imminent doom for the SDMB. Like most such, he was wrong. Overall, in Internet years, the SDMB has had a pretty good run. But will it still be here when I’m 64? I don’t doubt that the technology will change, the people will change, but will the community and the culture trundle on in a recognizable form? Will people still be saying “Hi, Opal!” when I’m cold and in the ground? Maybe the fundamental question is how dependent the SDMB is on the Chicago Reader – is it a complete, or a provisional dependence? My take on the whole thing? I don’t know! I’m just hoping the whole show stays afloat until my year’s membership is up. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/2 "2006-12-08T15:36:55Z")
It will last until lack of interest or the Chicago Reader shuts it down. A that point, we will all go somewhere else to argue, flirt, pick nits, and post pictures of our cats. I think the second scenario is more likely than the first; people come and go all the time here, but the Reader could end all of this on a whim at any time. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/3 "2006-12-08T15:48:01Z")
If the Reader were to kill the SDMB, someone else would likely pick it up. Quite frankly, I you could make a mint on it, no matter what has been claimed by TPTB. I’d say a minimum of three more years. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/4 "2006-12-08T16:05:29Z")
[QUOTE=Sal Ammoniac] But will it still be here when I’m 64? [/QUOTE] What about [thread=53410]vera[/thread],[thread=2316]chuck[/thread] and [thread=1597]Dave[/thread]? ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/5 "2006-12-08T16:08:08Z")
Shoot, guess i need to learn how to do those links. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/6 "2006-12-08T16:18:40Z")
[QUOTE=MadTheSwine] Shoot, guess i need to learn how to do those links. [/QUOTE] Still funny, though! ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/7 "2006-12-08T16:51:50Z")
There may come a time when we’re gone from “here”, but there will always be something. The idea is too strong to just die off. Kind of like when Bloom County became Outland. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/8 "2006-12-08T17:11:36Z")
Google will start buying the larger message boards soon just for the eyeballs as traffic drivers. If the price is right the Reader will sell us. Bank on it. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/9 "2006-12-08T17:30:52Z")
[QUOTE=astro] Google will start buying the larger message boards soon just for the eyeballs as traffic drivers. If the price is right the Reader will sell us. Bank on it. [/QUOTE] This could be the “correct” answer right here. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/10 "2006-12-08T17:59:01Z")
[QUOTE=astro] Google will start buying the larger message boards soon just for the eyeballs as traffic drivers. If the price is right the Reader will sell us. Bank on it. [/QUOTE] That hadn’t occurred to me but it is very plausible. The SDMB doesn’t even crack the Top 100 anymore and is sinking every month. I wonder how low they’ll go. ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/11 "2006-12-08T18:14:59Z")
[QUOTE=MadTheSwine] What about [thread=53410]vera[/thread],[thread=2316]chuck[/thread] and [thread=1597]Dave[/thread]? [/QUOTE] I don’t get it… Could you indicate precisely what you mean to say? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/12 "2006-12-08T18:40:42Z")
[QUOTE=hajario] That hadn’t occurred to me but it is very plausible. The SDMB doesn’t even crack the Top 100 anymore and is sinking every month. I wonder how low they’ll go. [/QUOTE] Wait, Top 100? You mean the SDMB was one of the Top 100 websites at one point? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/13 "2006-12-08T18:55:32Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Wait, Top 100? You mean the SDMB was one of the Top 100 websites at one point? [/QUOTE] Message boards I think, as rated on [Big Boards](http://www.big-boards.com/board/15/) ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/14 "2006-12-08T18:57:26Z")
[QUOTE=Autumn Almanac] I don’t get it… Could you indicate precisely what you mean to say? 😉 [/QUOTE] I’ll send you a postcard. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/15 "2006-12-08T18:57:59Z")
Oh, we’re currently ranked [107th](http://rankings.big-boards.com/?p=6) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/16 "2006-12-08T19:00:23Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] There may come a time when we’re gone from “here”, but there will always be something. The idea is too strong to just die off. Kind of like when Bloom County became Outland. [/QUOTE] **Not** an encouraging example! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/17 "2006-12-08T19:36:45Z")
Huh. I didn’t know they ranked message boards. Obviously, we need to do more recruiting. I’ve indoctrinated at least 3 Dopers. What about you? Are you doing your part? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/18 "2006-12-08T20:07:49Z")
Moved from IMHO to ATMB. ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/19 "2006-12-08T20:31:34Z")
According to [Alexa.com](http://Alexa.com)’s traffic report: [Amazon Alexa](http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=straightdope.com) It looks like there is at least an average of 6-8 million pageviews on this site per day. One peak at 15 million daily views. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/20 "2006-12-08T20:32:42Z")
[QUOTE=Sal Ammoniac] \*\*How much longer can the SDMB last? [/QUOTE] Five months, according to a certain abusive Dope[del]r[/del]. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339.md?page=2)