How do you spend your time waiting for this Celtics Blog site to load?

[Roy H.]

Would it ever be possible to separate the forum from the SB Nation site?  I.e. Export all the forum data and port it over to a freestanding forum site?  That might require a bit of capital to do.  I for one wouldn't mind a one time shared fee for all of us to allow the forum to be disconnected from SB nation.  Say if we all had to pay a one time fee of $40 to pay for the migration of the forum is that just a non-starter?

This is one of my fav sites on the net, but if we all have continual issues with access then don't we need to look at other options?

Sadly, there may be a “save the forums” drive coming soon.

There will be more details to come, but long-term we have three options:

1. Take the forums independent;

2. Latch on to another blog;

3. Close down.

I really would hate to see #3. It’s like hearing that your favorite pub is being torn down and replaced by Applebee’s.

thanks for the reply Roy.  good to hear that there are things going on behind the scenes to figure this out.  let us know if there are things we can do as users of the site to help out.

I would hate to see it come down to #3 as well.

I would absolutely pay a one time fee to separate from SBNation, and as someone who has worked in web technology, big data and internet marketing for 10 years, I would also volunteer to help in any way I could. I’d be super p---ed to lose this place, I post semi frequently but lurk almost every day.

Ditto here. I'm a software engineer by trade/ technology VP these days. I'm happy to contribute time getting something going.

I also have a side company that could potentially host the system on our servers. I don't have a great idea of the actual costs, but done right it could probably run on donations/ small sponsors.

Should we start a group chat/ Slack/ something to discuss this somewhere among admins and people able to help?

Thanks! Give me some time to work behind the scenes to get everything done legally, and then we’ll see what we can do to save the site.

[Chief]

 :blank:I came on one night to chat in the game thread.  The site was down . So I started this, not to compete, but to have a place to go, and talk Celtic's basketball) if the site crashed. Anyone is welcome to join.


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[tenn_smoothie]

I am currently enjoying a Pléiades Aldébaran while waiting for my vote to register. These are among the largest and longest lasting cigars in the humidor.

[byennie]

Ditto here. I'm a software engineer by trade/ technology VP these days. I'm happy to contribute time getting something going.

I also have a side company that could potentially host the system on our servers. I don't have a great idea of the actual costs, but done right it could probably run on donations/ small sponsors.

Should we start a group chat/ Slack/ something to discuss this somewhere among admins and people able to help?

Thanks! Give me some time to work behind the scenes to get everything done legally, and then we’ll see what we can do to save the site.

Great. Thanks for working on it.

[Celtics4ever]

What internet speeds do people have I have 100 meg service and it is rarely slow for me.

[moiso]

What internet speeds do people have I have 100 meg service and it is rarely slow for me.

I have 100 and it’s always much slower than any other site.  And on my phone it’s very common for me to receive a “connection issues” message. 

[bopna]

Praying that...
Kyrie makes a miraculous comeback.
And hope Jaylen Brown would just watch Jordan films that he could emulate and stop making himself a clone of Jeff Green.

[rondofan1255]

Would it ever be possible to separate the forum from the SB Nation site?  I.e. Export all the forum data and port it over to a freestanding forum site?  That might require a bit of capital to do.  I for one wouldn't mind a one time shared fee for all of us to allow the forum to be disconnected from SB nation.  Say if we all had to pay a one time fee of $40 to pay for the migration of the forum is that just a non-starter?

This is one of my fav sites on the net, but if we all have continual issues with access then don't we need to look at other options?

Sadly, there may be a “save the forums” drive coming soon.

There will be more details to come, but long-term we have three options:

1. Take the forums independent;

2. Latch on to another blog;

3. Close down.

I really would hate to see #3. It’s like hearing that your favorite pub is being torn down and replaced by Applebee’s.

oh no....