Death Of The Funboard
It’s official.
The Funboard AKA the FB has been permanently shuttered. This would be the official notice. Not planning to send anything about the closing via e-mail to any of the 650+ folks who registered for the FB, let alone its 17,000+ anonymous visitors.
Certain info may make it out of the wreckage, but no promises.
Were I someone else, I would prolly go on a long-winded rant about community, selling out, apathy, etc. But in the end, to be honest, community is a funny funny thing. Just as passion about something usually starts with just a couple of folks, so too does apathy. And where folks don’t see value…well, there’s no reason for them to be there.
Quite frankly, combine that with the disturbing lack of disclosure that’s been so evident lately…
I’m sick to the death of most of what I’m seeing. More than most of it, actually. So color me apathetic. Which means that maybe it’s catching?
Hoo-rah.
|| posted by chris under community, funboard, opinion, thumbs down || || ||
You could have just reprinted one of my many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many blog posts explaining why valuable resources disappear when people that benefit from them the most feel like its their right and your obligation for it to exist, and you should not be respected or compensated for any of your work.
RIP Funboard.. Que the army of people that will now call you a bad leader, awful human being and just outright wrong for calling it like it is.
-Vlad
comment by Vlad Mazek — May 7, 2008 @ 2:37 pm
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pingback by Vlad Mazek - Vladville Blog » Blog Archive » Another community resource bites the dust — May 7, 2008 @ 2:45 pm
Hi Chris sorry to hear that the board has closed.
I know that I have found the local user groups more demanding and giving less and less to them.
It is a shame that so many resources will close down as result of the want more for nothing brigade that has started its war on community resources.
again sorry to hear this news
comment by David Houston — May 7, 2008 @ 3:15 pm
Sorry to see it go… The ASMBUG seemed to die along with the funboard… I actually e-mailed you about 2 or 3 times about it and never got a response… I would have liked to at least get a Steve Ballmer response from you, but alas, I did not even get that..
comment by John Scott — May 7, 2008 @ 10:50 pm