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Other forums you visit?

Sooner — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:17:10 GMT

I have often thought if this forum disappeared I would surely miss some of my friends. This is the only forum I'm involved in. I'm not on social media much, only for some specific hobbies I have, but not people related.

Do you ever think about that? I've been here since the beginning, through thick and thin and unbelievable and irrational! LOL!!!

Re: Other forums you visit?

Laura14 — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:22:12 GMT

What a horrible thought. I would miss a lot of people on here.

I am active in two other social media forums and, if any of them ever went away, I'd miss the people I spend my work days with. A lot.

Re: Other forums you visit?

sunshine45 — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:24:19 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
I have often thought if this forum disappeared I would surely miss some of my friends. This is the only forum I'm involved in. I'm not on social media much, only for some specific hobbies I have, but not people related.

Do you ever think about that? I've been here since the beginning, through thick and thin and unbelievable and irrational! LOL!!!

i have not really thought about it. i am already registered on the hsn forums so i suppose i could go there. i do have other forums, groups, and social media that i am involved with so i would just have to move on.

i have been using these forums for about 14 years now.

Re: Other forums you visit?

deepwaterdotter — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:32:45 GMT

This is the only forum I've been a part of for the last 23 years. If it ceased operation, I would not replace it. I have never been a very prolific poster, mostly just a reader.

Re: Other forums you visit?

tansy — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:34:28 GMT

Of course I would miss posters here but most likely I would start commenting more on other sites that I rarely post on now since there’s only so much time in a day 🤣

Re: Other forums you visit?

cherry — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:37:27 GMT

@SoonerI would miss a lot of posters. I miss the ones we have lost, and hope they are OK. I miss the ones that have passed on, and wonder about a few, I know were in poor health. God bless all of them

Re: Other forums you visit?

SeaMaiden — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:42:52 GMT

@Sooner This is the first website I visit every day. If it were gone there would be an empty spot hard to fill. I go to facebook where I am member of several groups there... and my other group sites I visit daily where I share passions I have....... but, QVC forums are really very special. I have found no other community as great as these forums.

Re: Other forums you visit?

aroc3435 — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:52:55 GMT

@Sooner Are you psychic? The question you raise has been on my mind the last few days. There was one other forum I participated in for about sixteen years or so but it folded in 2017.

It was more free ranging than this, and allowed/included political stuff if kept polite. A lot of comaraderie developed there over the years and I so miss those folks.

There was another one that was for discussions about the Nesco roasters but that and a Kitchen Aid Forum also are defunct.

If this forum goes belly-up (and I sure hope it doesn't) I would miss so many here because I "lurked" for a long time before engaging more actively.

So I, too, would like some suggestions for other enjoyable safe sites. I know some of the now missing posters during one of this site's changes had another place or two to go to but for the life of me I can't conjure up the name of it--which they obliquely referenced long ago.

And some of them had exchanged e-mail and phone numbers somehow, which is now not possible, and even got together in person.

Re: Other forums you visit?

sfnative — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:56:24 GMT

@Sooner

Hi Sooner,

I've been here much longer than my profile indicates, so would miss it if it disappeared. It has saddened me that many of the best posters have left due to restraints placed on posting language/content. I get that, but sure do miss them all.

That's one reason I'm not on here as frequently as in the past. Another is that in the last 2 years or so I've originated topics, only to have too many snarky remarks made for absolutely no good reason. The population of mean people has exploded in the last 10 years (since 2008).

There are 2 other forums which interest me, but not frequently: one on migraine and one on CRPS. It's my choice not to hang out there frequently beause there's lots of moaning, groaning, "what can I do,?" end of the world pain type stuff that just drags one down. I can only take that in little bits. Though I do have a FB account, I haven't posted much on my page in 2018 because that entire year was one big series of injuries, one after another. What's to post when you're miserable? But I do belong to a number of FB groups, which I do check out on a fairly regular basis and that's fun.

However, there is no other forum like this one to which I belong, so would really miss this one.

Happy New Year, Sooner!

Re: Other forums you visit?

Sooner — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 18:00:28 GMT

@sfnative All you said is true, and lots of our posters have passed on too. I can think of so many. I was here longer than it says too, way back in the last century! LOL!!!! I'm not sure how far back I go but I know it was in the 1990's.

I was three then.

And Happy New Year right back at you and at all of us! A resolution for me would be to be nicer here!

Re: Other forums you visit?

sunshine45 — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 18:01:04 GMT

by the way, i do believe that the other forum is open still.......the one where some flew the coop to and some that post here may even post there currently. you may be able to find old friends there......and make new ones also.

Re: Other forums you visit?

ShowMe — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 18:11:15 GMT

No way.....don't even think that way.

This is the only place I post. Have enough here to keep me busy with posting. If it were to happen, I would miss so many lovely posters on here.....and yet there are a few I would not miss at all. Believe they know who they are. Just ignore them and move on.

Have learned a lot on here. So many knowledgeable people here. Many with tender hearts and are so caring.

Don't do face book. Never will.

Re: Other forums you visit?

sfnative — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 18:12:12 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
@sfnative All you said is true, and lots of our posters have passed on too. I can think of so many. I was here longer than it says too, way back in the last century! LOL!!!! I'm not sure how far back I go but I know it was in the 1990's.

I was three then.

And Happy New Year right back at you and at all of us! A resolution for me would be to be nicer here!

@Sooner

Oh, yes, gosh I failed to mention those who have passed on. Because I've visited here less in the last 2-3 years, I've missed those more recent notices on who has passed. May they all rest in peace.

You know, if we all tried to monitor what comes out of our mouths and what we type and forward, our concerted efforts would indeed make for a better world.

(BTW, you are too funny.)

Re: Other forums you visit?

WindingRoad — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 18:29:21 GMT

This is a great topic @Sooner. I'm a new poster but have been reading these posts and getting to know a lot about you all for quite a few years. I'm not on any other forums, or FB. Never will do FB. Can anyone say the names of any other forums they're on? Is that allowed? I would love that information, if this ever should fold. I hope not!

Re: Other forums you visit?

ShowMe — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 18:24:59 GMT

@sfnative......about snarky remarks..... Yes, there are some that do that. I have gotten many of them, but now I just ignore them. They're not hurting me....only makes them look small.

There are some that just love to be board patrol. Love to report what they feel is inappropriate. I could name a few of them right now, but won't.

I too have been here for more years than they show I have. Don't know why they messed that up, but they did.

I for one would really miss this forum.

Re: Other forums you visit?

FrostyBabe1 — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 18:26:31 GMT

This is definitely the forum that I frequent the least. The other forums that I participate in are interest based - college hockey and frequent air travel. I also use Facebook and Twitter.

Re: Other forums you visit?

Alison Wonderland — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 18:29:18 GMT

MakeupAlley, game-specific forums, and a lot of Facebook groups.

Re: Other forums you visit?

chiclet — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 18:30:12 GMT

This is the only one I go to. I might would get on more but don’t know how to find them. I would miss this one.

Re: Other forums you visit?

proudlyfromNJ — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 18:50:56 GMT

@ShowMe wrote:
@sfnative......about snarky remarks..... Yes, there are some that do that. I have gotten many of them, but now I just ignore them. They're not hurting me....only makes them look small.

There are some that just love to be board patrol. Love to report what they feel is inappropriate. I could name a few of them right now, but won't.

I too have been here for more years than they show I have. Don't know why they messed that up, but they did.

I for one would really miss this forum.

@ShowMe. Don’t know for sure and I could be totally wrong but I don’t think any start dates here show before 2010 no matter how long you have been here. Don’t know why.

Re: Other forums you visit?

SoX — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 22:54:14 GMT

Back in the early 2000's Comcast had a self-help forum. I was looking for some help with problems on my desktop and there was this small group of expert IT techs, and other dedicated users who would help you at the drop of a hat ... really great people from all over the country and all walks of life.

Comcast was my IP ... it had a small (and I do mean small) chat room where the group would gather and I wandered into one night ... and never left. I learned pretty much everything I know about how computers worked ... I was really a "noob" back then. Best group I have ever been associated with ...

Well once Comcast became this huge juggernaut, it closed the private chat forums. The group opened its own private forum but it was never the same .. and soon disbanded. I still miss it and it's been over ten years since it closed.

Then I found HSN ... what spirited forums! Woke up one morning and Mindy had them closed overnight!

Entered QVC in 2009 (maybe late 2008) ... before this current configeration ... lovely group of posters here ... helpful, funny, ascerbic ... you name it ... great bunch.