# Wait a sec... Is the SDMB on the verge of extinction??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2008, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905 "2008-10-28T06:30:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905/1 "2008-10-28T06:30:12Z")
I guess I must be behind the times! In [this thread,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=489847) I see two posts that really surprise me: > [@Cluricaun](#): > > I’m all for the upgrade to get hustling again, but somewhere in one of the more recent posts from TPTB it was said that due to some of the current financial straits that CL may be finding itself in lately that Jerry has been pulled off this project to see to other projects. I doubt we’re being ignored and that the upgrade will get back on track as soon as it’s feasible. and > [@Scissorjack](#): > > Considering that Creative Loafing is hurtling down the gurgler and that Jerry probably doesn’t know if he’ll still have a job at the end of the week, I’m frankly surprised - and a touch grateful - that we’re still here at all. CL bankruptcy is mentioned in another post, so I can guess what’s going on, but how serious is it for this board? Should we be looking around for another space? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905/2 "2008-10-28T06:48:56Z")
Don’t get me started on those fucking Greeks. ---
**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905/3 "2008-10-28T06:50:09Z")
> [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](#): > > Don’t get me started on those fucking Greeks. I saw what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905/4 "2008-10-28T22:48:19Z")
could somebody answer this, please? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905/5 "2008-10-28T22:58:04Z")
From Crain’s Chicago Business, Volume 31; Number 40 – October 6th: > [@](#): > > The Chicago Reader’s parent filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Creative Loafing of Florida needed to restructure financing terms with two lenders, said David Jennis, the publisher’s bankruptcy lawyer. He said there would be no impact on current operations. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905/6 "2008-10-28T22:58:57Z")
[Here’s a post by Ed](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10371524&postcount=171) that brushes across this issue. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905/7 "2008-10-28T23:19:48Z")
Oh cr@p. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905/8 "2008-10-28T23:43:12Z")
If anyone would like my email address to file, please send me an IM. If anyone wants to give me theirs, please do. I’ve come to depend on so many of you - I may not ever speak directly to you, but I read your posts and I shake my head in agreement or argue against your way of thinking (to myself and silently). I need you guys. I don’t want to lose you and if exchanging emails gives me the parachute I need, then humor a chick please. I have 3 or 4 pages of responses to my request for help with Chico my new son. **Marley23** , we’ve never spoken before, but you helped me today. **Tomndeb** answered my questions in the pit very recently. **Dolores** runs the feuds. **Nzinga, seated** extended her hand to me today (and once before). I’m not good with user names, but you’re my family online - (\*\*Bricker \*\*is that family member with the _wrong_ politics that we love and respect anyway.:)) **Biggirl** , **Sampiro** , **theonewith the face** , **shayna** (who I think told me off more than once), **Skald the rhymer** , and so many more that I can’t think of right now - I really want to have a way to keep you guys if this board ends. I may be overly emotional right now, but knowing that I’ve lost beautiful **Askia** forever has made me realize how much I need to keep all of you. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905/9 "2008-10-29T00:04:26Z")
**jali** , like I just said in the ATMB thread, the only thing that need keep any of us apart is people not staying together. Finding a new home isn’t a problem, so it’s just a matter of making the move should worst come to worst. So far, it’s probably much too soon to assume that it will, though. ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905/10 "2008-10-29T01:38:51Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Finding a new home isn’t a problem, so it’s just a matter of making the move should worst come to worst. So far, it’s probably much too soon to assume that it will, though. Yeah, and then nobody tells me where the move is to! Og help me, I’m gonna be homeless!! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905/11 "2008-10-29T01:57:18Z")
Don’t forget some Dopers post at the [UnaBoard](http://unaboard.coalgoddess.net/). ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905/12 "2008-10-29T02:12:14Z")
> [@freekalette](#): > > Yeah, and then nobody tells me where the move is to! Og help me, I’m gonna be homeless!! ☹ Ideally there would be sufficient warning, of course, as well as something in the way of a vote to decide the direction. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905/13 "2008-10-29T03:39:40Z")
If the Dope goes tits up, I have reason to believe you’d all be welcome here: [A quiet little corner of the internet](http://ghostscrosstimebarandgrill.yuku.com/directory) Let’s just say I know the guy that owns that place. He’s a pretty hip dude. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905/14 "2008-10-29T04:20:44Z")
That might be a nice message board, **Oakminster** - if I could actually read it. That is a seriously awful look for a board. I too would like to know where everyone is going if this place gets shut down. I hope we get notice if it does; I have a sinking feeling that we won’t, though. So, meet you all at Unaboard or Fathom if this place gets boarded up one dark night? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905/15 "2008-10-29T04:25:11Z")
There’s Unaboard, Skip’s Magic Board, The Fabulous Forums of Fathom, the pjeoq abessaw, and a few others run by members or former members of the SDMB. (Forgive the lack of links. Googling should bring up the right page quickly.) ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905/16 "2008-10-29T04:31:52Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > So, meet you all at Unaboard or Fathom if this place gets boarded up one dark night? How about Skip’s? Would everyone split up then? ETA: just saw **Inner Stickler** ’s post : wow, that’s a lot of splitting up. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905/17 "2008-10-29T04:37:17Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > **jali** , like I just said in the ATMB thread, the only thing that need keep any of us apart is people not staying together. Finding a new home isn’t a problem, so it’s just a matter of making the move should worst come to worst. > [@freekalette](#): > > Yeah, and then nobody tells me where the move is to! Og help me, I’m gonna be homeless!! ☹ It’s the old childhood fear of coming home to find your parents have upped and moved without you resurrected! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905/18 "2008-10-29T04:49:10Z")
And there’s always the [Offsite Mafia Thread boards](http://psychopathgame.proboards106.com/index.cgi#general) too to at least set up an idea of where to move towards or such. That’s the only reason I don’t fear being left out in the cold, I can always just ask a few dopers who’ll still hopefully be there where they’ve moved on to. And there’s the Doper Facebook Group, but I don’t have that one linked handily. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905/19 "2008-10-29T04:51:31Z")
Alls I knows is, I hope to stick with the main gang here. If the membership here have to relocate to something less “institutionalized”, I hope we can all resolve to find and vote for the best new place to call home. Everyone here is a value to me, and if the membership becomes too fractured across myriad sites and BBSs, it just won’t be nearly the same. I’m holding my breath for now, that the SDMB stays intact, despite its flaws, as long as it keeps us together in some cohesive entity. oh, and… FUCK. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905/20 "2008-10-29T04:56:26Z")
The Dope might be gone soon? But I just got back here, dammit! D’oh. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-a-sec-is-the-sdmb-on-the-verge-of-extinction/469905.md?page=2)