Have any of the long timers on here thought of creating some sort of voluntary data base in order to contact each other if this forum folds? We get up some day and this is just no longer here. Some of us have been here for 15-20 years. May be something to consider.
I know at least a couple of us have asked for email information from other members.
Go ahead. [;)]
A lot of older members are also on other forums under the same screen names.
Some of us are friends on Facebook, maybe someone could set up a Facebook groupopen only to forum members?
Hello!
Such a database might be cool - but I wouldn’t want to take it to the facebook, I don’t like it. How about linkedin? 
Have a nice day
Paweł
LinkedIn is really more for business & professional networking, than for hobbies and releated social activity. Some people do treat it as “business Facebook”, but their content just clutters the site up.
I’m not on Facebook, and don’t want to be.
If the forum does fold, it would be good to be able to be able to hang with this group of people-been here for a while and although my production numbers aren’t great, I do enjoy the banter, knowledge, skills and models displayed here.
Is there a common forum or forums that most of the other FSM members are members of also? If so, then it might be worth joining those forums…just in case…
While I think it’s a good idea, I’m with Wilbur . . . I don’t do facebook, face time, instagram, tweet, or frankly speaking, any other ‘social media’ platform outside of several varied forums.
My U.S. security clearance eligibility prevents my use of such blatently ‘exposable’ data. Yes, I know that ‘they’ are already recording everything i say on my phone, and follow every search I do online, thus that is enough access already.
I recognize a few people over on SPAModeler, and some here are also on Brit modeler. I registered on SPA, just in case this one goes down, but haven’t got into it yet.
I’m like HooYah, absolutely no social media for me. The 4-5 forums I’m on are enough, and I only check those on a weekly basis.
I don’t go on any social media except this forum. I did check out SPAModeler but haven’t signed on. As GH said, I too recognized a few names from here. Seems to be a good place to go in case.
Jim [cptn]
Stay Safe.
No social media here either. Just a comment on Facebook: The “cool” thing about joining Facebook is that you won’t even have to share your contact info with people you want to have contact with on there, Facebook will do that for you. They will actually invade the contact list of the e-mail you used to sign up and make contact with every person on your contact list that’s on Facebook…without your knowledge or consent. Isn’t that great?! [00ps]
On another note, security clearances shouldn’t be mentioned on public forums…just sayin’.
I’ve been here since 08 and will miss this site if it ever goes down. I have met personally several members at Modelpalooza and communicated long distances thru emails with others, some have passed and didn’t get the chance to meet. I do hope we can maintain our modeling community.
I know FSM does not want a trader/seller section for members. Other sites have them and I had great success finding parts, etc. at more than fair prices unlike price gauging sites like eBay and their fees.
I’m registered on MSW, Modelwarships, Hyperscale and Britmodeler, but FSM has always seemed to be the most diverse site, which is why I probably had over 3000 posts here.
I have visted the SPA site a few times.
Facebook, it seems it is hard to navigate past posts since it runs in realtime.
I agree Eagle, I was working away from home and my wife set us up on facebook to " face time". Never used that feature, and 2yrs after I returned home I was still deleting " friend requests" from people I NEVER met. Volatile situation for a guy like me.
I know a few people here above just forum interaction, and know how to keep in touch with them. However the many others here would be missed as the knowledge base is so much friendlier than google. I’m onboard until whatever happens…after that I’ll end up playing catch up, the good thing is most of you will remember me, hopefully, so re intergrating won’t be as painful.
I still say that it is very premature to think that this forum is going away.
I agree.
And FWIW, I watched my favorite photography forum self-destruct some years back and it all started with PMs and backdoor chatter (even amongst moderators in the private chats rooms). Backstabbing and stuff. Took several years, but the forum finally folded.
The beginning of the end was when a sizable number of members left to form their own facebook group. They were good folk, the facebook bunch became a clique and mostly stopped in the original forum occasionally to toss out jabs. It was a sad thing to watch.
This converstation is different, no backstabbing, it’s just an upfront concern over losing contact with each other (and I’d be sad if that happened too).
I guess what I’m trying to say is I hope we don’t inadvertantly create a self-fulfilling prophecy here.
Baron and Greg, agree but don’t hurt to look ahead
Sure doesn’t, and the original idea about somebody creating a list of members just in case makes good sense to me.
Posting here on FSM about starting another group elsewhere, not so much. But that’s just my opinion.