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

[Tony]

6 minutes ago, CS937 said:

From Wayback Machine:

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20030217110348/http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/

ironically archive.org could be on it's last legs as well. 

[Anomaly]

@dUSt  Didn’t get the memo. 
I wish you and all the Phamily well.   PM was epic and meaningful for most of the 20+ years I was visiting.    If you’re ever in Tampa, beer is on me. (jasJis/Anomaly)

 

[Didacus]

May God walk with you and your family, dUst, and forever keep you and those you love in His hands.

[MIKolbe]

5 hours ago, Didacus said:

May God walk with you and your family, dUst, and forever keep you and those you love in His hands.

I guess I'm never getting my shirt.....

[tinytherese]

I'm glad you're not getting rid of the posts made over the years. It annoys me that the Catholic Answers one didn't.

[little2add]

so sorry to see you go, you will be missed!

[dominicansoul]

Met my bffs here whom I still talk to DAILY!  Will always be grateful!  Thanks for the memories...!

*sniff*

[Didacus]

On 4/28/2023 at 12:02 PM, dUSt said:

Well, it's been over 22 years. Traffic is pathetic. Internet message boards are closing everywhere. It's time. 

My plan is to archive the phorum. No threads will be lost. Everything will remain searchable. Phatmass.com will continue as a website, mainly as a news aggregator and search resource.

The Phatmass community, aka, the Phamily, has been such a huge part of my life. We have to have a way to keep in touch. My first instinct is to use the Phatmass Facebook group.

But, maybe that's not the best way? Let's decide on the best place to move. Here are some links to potential places for us to move to:

Phatmass Facebook group

Phatmass Subreddit

Also, maybe Quora or Discord?

Has Twitter been considered?

21 hours ago, MIKolbe said:

I guess I'm never getting my shirt.....

YOU GOT YOUR T-SHIRT!  I SENT YOU 8 T-SHIRTS!

MY SHIPPING DEPARTMENT IS TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT YOUR T-SHIRTS!

[BigJon16]

DoNt cRy bEcAusE iTs oVer sMiLe BeCaUsE it hApPenEd 

 

Joking aside I haven’t been here in a while but this phorum is part of why I stayed Catholic in high school almost ten years ago. End of an era indeed. 
 

One of my favorite phorum memories was photographing a bunch of phatmass rappers at a Catholic Underground in NY in like 2014-15. It was pretty rad. 

I'm around on Facebook and discord and Reddit so wherever yous end up I’m sure to stop in and say hey. 
 

 

[CS937]

22 hours ago, dominicansoul said:

Met my bffs here whom I still talk to DAILY!  Will always be grateful!  Thanks for the memories...!

*sniff*

Weren't you the person who called me a "loser" for trying to message you once? ? That might've been someone else. I had another account back then.

[Golden Years]

Phatmass Phorum and especially Vocation Station was a huge part of my life, and I am sorry to see it close. Thank you dUSt for creating and maintaining this safe space for us! ?

[God Conquers]

Saw the message on Facebook and came here to pour one out for the phorum.

Phatmass subreddit would be dope.

 

Thanks to @dUSt for a place to discover faith and community in formative years. Judging by comments here and on FB you have had a very large impact.

[MIKolbe]

On 5/3/2023 at 2:40 PM, Didacus said:

YOU GOT YOUR T-SHIRT!  I SENT YOU 8 T-SHIRTS!

MY SHIPPING DEPARTMENT IS TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT YOUR T-SHIRTS!

Your customer service is atrocious....

Edited May 4, 2023 by MIKolbe

[eustace-scrubb2]

On 4/30/2023 at 1:32 AM, mommas_boy said:

I just got the email. I vote for a Discord, personally. But I also joined the subreddit and Facebook group.

 

I went ahead and submitted an app here.

WOW, there are a lot of rules there... and you get quizzed on them to be able to join... :\

I joined the subreddit, as that's more my speed.

[BG45]

I'm grateful PM helped lead me to the Church.

[Didacus]

I sent a join request to the facebook account just now.

[BarbTherese]

Any actual decision where Pham is going to re-form?

[eustace-scrubb2]

On 5/8/2023 at 5:44 PM, Didacus said:

I sent a join request to the facebook account just now.

Same here.

[Didacus]

7 hours ago, BarbTherese said:

Any actual decision where Pham is going to re-form?

i would hope that dUst, son of a great, will make a final post indicating where we can wonder to.

What will become of us now?

[BarbTherese]

Just now, I feel lost in the doldrums.   Stationary........... Waiting.

Quote

 

Day after day, day after day................ We stuck, nor breath nor motion;  As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.

Water, water, every where,...............And all the boards did shrink;    Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.

                                      (from Rhyme of The Ancient Mariner)

 

 

Edited May 11, 2023 by BarbTherese