PHORUM CLOSING IN JUNE... Where should we go?

[Kateri89]

I got the email and decided to stop over. I joined in 2012 and was never much of a prominent poster but enjoyed it nonetheless. God bless!

[CS937]

Though I'm sad to see this forum go, you're right, it is time. Places like Phatmass, CAF, etc. belong to a different era and like all good things in this life, they're transitory. 

This forum and CAF meant the world to me in high school (2012-2013) when I was converting to Catholicism. These places made me feel lonely and like I wasn't crazy for wanting to be Catholic. Everyone around me thought I was crazy and was making a mistake lol. 

I don't use FaceBook, so I'd love to see a subreddit for Phatmass  

Edited April 29, 2023 by CS937

[homeschoolmom]

I'm sorry... but don't you mean Phacebook?

[cruciatacara]

My friend Nunsense sends her regards and wishes well to those who continue Phatmass in another venue. She told me she spent a lot of time on Vocation Station back in theday.

For myself, I haven't been here as long but have enjoyed some of the conversations. Lately the place has become a little like an outpatients' ward in a psych hospital but that has also made it kind of interesting.

I probably won't be following anywhere as I don't spend a lot of time online and don't have a FB account on purpose. Pretty amazing work @dUSt to have carried it on for so long. A lot of forums are shutting down these days so it is probably about time for this place too. So long, and thanks for all the fish.

[CS937]

6 minutes ago, cruciatacara said:

My friend Nunsense sends her regards and wishes well to those who continue Phatmass in another venue. She told me she spent a lot of time on Vocation Station back in theday.

For myself, I haven't been here as long but have enjoyed some of the conversations. Lately the place has become a little like an outpatients' ward in a psych hospital but that has also made it kind of interesting.

I probably won't be following anywhere as I don't spend a lot of time online and don't have a FB account on purpose. Pretty amazing work @dUSt to have carried it on for so long. A lot of forums are shutting down these days so it is probably about time for this place too. So long, and thanks for all the fish.

Oh I remember her! I always loved her posts/appreciated her insights. If I'm not mistaken, I think she discerned with the Carmelites and the Hermits of Bethlehem, right? I heard of the latter group because of her comments on here

[Tony]

Thank you for the 20+ years you kept this place alive Dust! Obviously I wasn't active for all of it but I'd poke in here once in a while. I'm sure it cost a pretty penny to keep this ship sailing. 

Also, Discord is pretty grand. 

[eustace-scrubb2]

I don't think I would have been able to convert without y'allz, so thanks for the help over a decade ago!!!!

[A Yearning Heart]

Thanks so much for keeping it going so long Dust! Thanks too to all those who posted and prayed along the journey.  

I don't post much, but have posted at times and the phorum's been an absolute Godsend when I've needed to say something to someone in a Catholic context. 

God bless everyone! 

[cmotherofpirl]

I vote for the BBQ :)

[linate]

where will the archived content be located? 

[dUSt]

6 minutes ago, linate said:

where will the archived content be located? 

The archived stuff will remain right here. The phorum will simply become “read only”. 
 

 

[mantellata]

I could see Discord being a viable option...

 

Thanks for many years of gracing the interwebs.

[chrysostom]

Thanks dUSt for running this. This place also was helpful in 2014 when I joined. I think that year I weirded you out by showing up at your house unannounced to hand you a six-pack of Stone IPA. Your wife answered the door. You had put an Amazon wishlist up with your address at the time, and I was in the area, so I figured why not?

[dUSt]

1 hour ago, chrysostom said:

Thanks dUSt for running this. This place also was helpful in 2014 when I joined. I think that year I weirded you out by showing up at your house unannounced to hand you a six-pack of Stone IPA. Your wife answered the door. You had put an Amazon wishlist up with your address at the time, and I was in the area, so I figured why not?

Weirded me out? No way. I wish you would have shown up once a week! 

[Nihil Obstat]

I am partial to Reddit or Discord myself. Quora is hot garbage. @dUSt, I am the person on the Phatmass subreddit, and you should have full permissions there now. That will be a safe starting point and it is available if you do want it.

It might also be worth asking, for example, Catholic Diocese of Discord if they'd be willing to add a Phatmass Oldies server to their existing community and everyone just enroll there. For the sake of not starting from scratch. 

https://discord.gg/catholic-diocese