what happened to the Babblers? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

derb · 09-16-2009, 02:33 PM

I got the same thing. I deleted my cookies from them and just tried to go to the website and the same screen came up. Same thing when trying from another computer that has never been there. Odd.

timothy · 09-16-2009, 02:58 PM

derb, the problem is babblers account with their service provider, not your personal account

gerrygug · 09-16-2009, 03:06 PM

Somebody owes somebody some money.

derb · 09-16-2009, 03:07 PM

timothy,
Agree, I just wanted to check that I didn't get cut off because I didn't contribute any money.
Regards.

RandallNeighbour · 09-16-2009, 05:16 PM

PPBB shut down recently. The guy who started it died and the guy who kept running it in his stead got tired of paying for the site to be up and no one donating to keep it running.

This crappy economy is hard on everyone.

I do hope the Richards who own this forum give us a chance to contribute if ads stop paying for the site fees.

Not having the 986forum.com would SUCK.

Brucelee · 09-17-2009, 05:43 AM

You guys are most kind. I think we are doing fine but rarely look. Richard K can chime in if the truth is otherwise.

Again, we appreciate the sentiment.

rkwei · 09-17-2009, 07:27 AM

Yes, we're fine...luckily I have a day job.

I do know that times have been tough all around for present/past sponsors - DasSchild, Deluboz, Race by Design.

Senoff Wind Blockers will be the next sponsor casualty as business has been slow for them.

RKwei

pk2 · 09-17-2009, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

PPBB shut down recently. The guy who started it died and the guy who kept running it in his stead got tired of paying for the site to be up and no one donating to keep it running.

No way!, I can't believe that. PPBB was an institution. It was a cult. I wonder why know took up the mantle.

PK

derb · 09-17-2009, 07:49 AM

PPBB is still up and running.
http://ppbb2.ppbb.com/phorum/index.php

The site did go down briefly a month or two ago. Several of their members worked together to relaunch the site with a new format but keeping the old feel. They also took donations as the reason it was shut down before was the cost and time involved.
It is a unique board. Some of the threads grow to epic proportions.
I visit it everyday.

70Sixter · 09-22-2009, 11:15 AM

I just went to Babblers. No mention of any outage that I saw after hitting "New Posts."