Post by Prototype on Sept 5, 2016 11:17:48 GMT
Hello all, my name is Prototype and I was one of the original co-admins back when this forum was active.
I recently stumbled upon this forum again after a long time and noticed that there are quite a few members who are still active and I believe I owe those people an explanation.
"The lounge" was a social gathering forum that dated as far back as 2003, back then Proboards was one of the popular forms of social media at the time, before the popularity of Facebook or Myspace arose, most of these forums were affiliated with one another and The Lounge was one of these places that was a very popular place to meet new people.
What happened to the forum? The forum had a long life, ultimately ending in 2009/2010 when the main admin at the time had some kind of breakdown and banned the entire user base (myself included), before shutting the forum down. However for reasons unknown to me and without my knowledge, the forum had been brought back at some point and is still active to some degree and it seems all bans have been lifted.
What now? Well I'm currently in talks with my fellow co-admin "Russman" about potentially bringing this forum back online to full operation. If there is any further news on the subject, I will inform you here.
For now, this is Prototype signing off.
I recently stumbled upon this forum again after a long time and noticed that there are quite a few members who are still active and I believe I owe those people an explanation.
"The lounge" was a social gathering forum that dated as far back as 2003, back then Proboards was one of the popular forms of social media at the time, before the popularity of Facebook or Myspace arose, most of these forums were affiliated with one another and The Lounge was one of these places that was a very popular place to meet new people.
What happened to the forum? The forum had a long life, ultimately ending in 2009/2010 when the main admin at the time had some kind of breakdown and banned the entire user base (myself included), before shutting the forum down. However for reasons unknown to me and without my knowledge, the forum had been brought back at some point and is still active to some degree and it seems all bans have been lifted.
What now? Well I'm currently in talks with my fellow co-admin "Russman" about potentially bringing this forum back online to full operation. If there is any further news on the subject, I will inform you here.
For now, this is Prototype signing off.