# If the SDMB crashed forever. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 25, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428 "2003-02-25T16:54:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horrifying_Howler_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/21 "2003-02-25T20:26:14Z")
Live Journal [www.livejournal.com](http://www.livejournal.com) Phantom [http://fff.fathom.org/](http://fff.fathom.org/) ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/22 "2003-02-25T21:59:04Z")
1. hmmmmm… well, I’d say the SDMB is probably my favorite. 2. Something Awful for a while, but I think I’d eventually get bored of it. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/23 "2003-02-25T23:41:03Z")
Yes, it is my favourite board (by a large margin) If it went down? - that would be like having my head cut off - I’d like to hope that if the board were ever to close, we’d get some warning so that we could organise a mass migration to somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/24 "2003-02-25T23:50:18Z")
The SDMB isn’t, in fact, my favorite board. It’s in second place. I imagine my life wouldn’t change at all. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/25 "2003-02-25T23:59:16Z")
This is the board I spend the most time on, but I wouldn’t die if it went offline. I’d probably migrate to [http://forums.off-topic.net](http://forums.off-topic.net) ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/26 "2003-02-26T01:06:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Manda JO \* > \*\*I’d mourn and mourn and mourn, and there’d be no way to explain to the vast majority of the people I know in real like just what a blow I had suffered. \*\* Well put. Same goes for me. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/27 "2003-02-26T01:26:50Z")
I have some other boards I’m on, I admit to it. But this one is easily my favorite. During the Dark Times a year ago, it was rough - nothing quite matched what I’ve come to expect from a board. What would I do if these went away for ever? I’d mourn for a while. My online life would be a little less rich - though I would continue seeking other places. Some other place would become the ‘favored’ board - but I would always miss this one. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/28 "2003-02-26T02:31:04Z")
I’ve wondered how long it can last. I’ve certainly let it become a part of my life. Do y’all _really_ think we’ll all still be meeting here every day/night ten years from now? I don’t know - I’ll find out whenever it goes. ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/29 "2003-02-26T02:42:12Z")
I’d miss it, but I’d probably migrate to Fathom along with the rest of the Dopers, most likely. I’ve been registered over there for a couple years, but sadly I have just one post (Sorry Opal! I just can’t commit to more than one board at a time). This is the only board I post on, and even then I don’t post all that frequently anymore. But I’d sure miss it if it went away. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/30 "2003-02-26T02:51:26Z")
This is the only board I post on at all. I’d probably go back to reading books. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/31 "2003-02-26T03:06:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whuckfistle \* > \*\*Two questions. > > 1. Is this your favorite board? (Use favorite loosely, e.i. - easiest to use, best mods, best members, best answers, the only one with whuckfistle, etc.)\*\* Nope, not for nearly two years now. 🙂 > [@](#): > > \*\*2) What board would you migrate to if the SDMB went down indefinitely? \*\* Mine. But in addition to that, what I might try doing then, if the Reader gave up on the SDMB for good, is getting together a group of the most die-hard Members here, raising some capital, create a not-for-profit corporation, coming up with a sustainable business plan for O&M costs, and then approach the Reader to offer a place for them to lease space for Cecil and his columns - maybe for $1 a month. And maintain the SDMB in a form similar to how it is now, just under new ownership, in a structure where it can be sustained by paying Members. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/32 "2003-02-26T03:36:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ringo \* > \*\*I’ve wondered how long it can last. I’ve certainly let it become a part of my life. Do y’all _really_ think we’ll all still be meeting here every day/night ten years from now? > > I don’t know - I’ll find out whenever it goes. \*\* I’ve wondered this myself. Will this be around in 100 years? We’ll all be legends, fodder for campfire stories. Or maybe our community’ll eventually be divided like the tribes of Israel. lieuites, Esprixites, Scyllans, Polycarpians, Duck Duck Goosers, Mangetoutters… different boards, different themes, all under the law of the patriarch, Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/33 "2003-02-26T06:47:05Z")
:_jackelope reads books !!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/34 "2003-02-26T13:27:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Happy Lendervedder \* > \*\*Or maybe our community’ll eventually be divided like the tribes of Israel. lieuites, Esprixites, Scyllans, Polycarpians, Duck Duck Goosers, Mangetoutters… different boards, different themes, all under the law of the patriarch, Cecil. \*\* 😃 We will all struggle for power in a life and death battle! In the world I see, there will be countries named after dopers…but then again my doctor said I was _deranged_…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/35 "2003-02-26T13:44:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Meatros \* > \*\*😃 > > We will all struggle for power in a life and death battle! In the world I see, there will be countries named after dopers…but then again my doctor said I was _deranged_…😃 \*\* At least you can gather still your thoughts in a coherent that is complete sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/36 "2003-02-26T14:00:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anthracite \* > \*\*But in addition to that, what I might try doing then, if the Reader gave up on the SDMB for good, is getting together a group of the most die-hard Members here, raising some capital, create a not-for-profit corporation, coming up with a sustainable business plan for O&M costs, and then approach the Reader to offer a place for them to lease space for Cecil and his columns - maybe for $1 a month. And maintain the SDMB in a form similar to how it is now, just under new ownership, in a structure where it can be sustained by paying Members. \*\* Please consider me ‘on board’ for that plan (if I’d be wanted and if, God forbid, it ever became necessary). ---
**Author:** ![minega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@minega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minega)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/37 "2003-02-26T15:45:15Z")
It would be more than a disaster for me…i think i would have a nervous depression or something and life would just never be the same again…jeez, i shudder at the thought! ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/38 "2003-02-26T16:20:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*Please consider me ‘on board’ for that plan (if I’d be wanted and if, God forbid, it ever became necessary). \*\* Adding a “Me too”. The super-special back up plan: Sort of like the extra space traveling vehicle in “Contact”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/39 "2003-02-26T18:44:07Z")
I’d make decent grades for a change…damn wireless network in the classroom… ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/40 "2003-02-26T21:37:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by minega \* > \*\*It would be more than a disaster for me…i think i would have a nervous depression or something and life would just never be the same again…jeez, i shudder at the thought! \*\* But MINEGA, you`ve only been a member for one month. You must have really taken to it fondly, or you were a lurker for a long time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428.md?page=3)