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Post by bluesatinsashes on Mar 22, 2015 7:37:35 GMT
Are there any users from an old TSOM forum? I believe it was removed around 2008/2009. It was a very comprehensive forum with so much activity (and did I mention games?!). I really miss it. I wish the administrator contacted us before taking it down. I used a website called "WayBack Machine", an Internet archive that can take you back to any website (even the ones that were taken down), to re-trace the forum and voilà! I was able to find it again. I took screen shots of it: The forum in 2007:  The forum in 2008:  If anyone was part of this forum, please let me know!! And your username too (if it's different from this forum)! I don't remember what username I had but it was either Sweet_Tooth or Pandance (it was most likely the former). Nonethless, I am very happy that a new TSOM fan forum has been created where we can share our love for the best movie on Earth! Thanks! |
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Post by paula on Mar 22, 2015 21:11:23 GMT
I was there and I still miss it!
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Post by indigoblue on Mar 22, 2015 23:25:14 GMT
That's interesting - it is similar to, but different to, the SOM forum that I was a member of on Proboards which was taken down without notice in (I think)about 2010. That was run by Sandra/Shahrazad, and I had the same name I have now.
Why do all these websites keep getting taken down? More importantly, is there something we can do to prevent THIS site being taken down? I do think we ought to think about that because it seems to happen without any consultation ,and would be such a shame. Is there any way we could backup our archive? Anybody know about that?
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Post by bluesatinsashes on Mar 23, 2015 2:22:07 GMT
paula Oh yes, I do remember you! I recognize your avatar. Quite distinctive  indigoblue I'm not sure why these forums get taken down. Maybe it requires a lot of maintenance by the admin? I certainly do hope there's a way to archive all this information. There were a ton of rare pictures and hilarious posts on the old forum and now they are all gone. I regret not saving a lot of those pictures and files.
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Post by lemacd on Mar 23, 2015 8:18:31 GMT
from the first picture, it looks like the moderator tried to tell why it was taken down...
i don't know if there is anything we can do, i know we are trying hard to observe TOS and play nice.
i was never a part of any of the forums that have been mentioned, including this site's forerunner. but from other experiences i know that sometimes people get offended easily, report the site to whatever powers that might be and just make everything miserable. we're a small but growing community and i'm proud to be a part of it because everyone seems quite down to earth and have only friendship and love of all things TSOM in mind. i think we're ok.
and sometimes the admins have a lot on their plate and need to do it for personal reasons. so i think if we can keep this low maintenance, the better. follow the few rules (not even sure there are rules) and be nice to each other, this site should enjoy a long and healthy life.
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Post by paula on Mar 23, 2015 9:15:04 GMT
paula Oh yes, I do remember you! I recognize your avatar. Quite distinctive indigoblue I'm not sure why these forums get taken down. Maybe it requires a lot of maintenance by the admin? I certainly do hope there's a way to archive all this information. There were a ton of rare pictures and hilarious posts on the old forum and now they are all gone. I regret not saving a lot of those pictures and files. Thank you!!!! I talked about Christopher Plummer there a lot, too. Gee, some things never change!  |
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Post by indigoblue on Mar 23, 2015 12:45:48 GMT
The only other theory I have about why forums (?fora - my Latin is pretty ropey) get taken down is to do with advertising revenues; presumably if few people look at a site then nobody will want to advertise there. The forum which was taken down in 2010 had been a bit quiet for a few weeks with a smaller membership than here (I think), so I wonder whether these get weeded out in favour of sites which generate more viewings. In which case, we should be ok for the time being as our membership is rising...keenly awaiting our 100th member!
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Post by bluesatinsashes on Mar 24, 2015 22:33:39 GMT
That reminds me, do any of you advertise this forum to get more members? Like on Facebook? Tumblr? Twitter? Other TSOM fan sites? I found this site through Google.
EDIT: Also, as of today (March 24, 2015), we have our 99th member! So close to 100!
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Post by sagaofjenny on Mar 25, 2015 0:49:19 GMT
I think everyone just mentions it in their bios/author's notes on FFnet. At least that's how I found it.
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Post by acid.milque on Mar 25, 2015 14:43:55 GMT
lemacd said:
"i was never a part of any of the forums that have been mentioned, including this site's forerunner. but from other experiences i know that sometimes people get offended easily, report the site to whatever powers that might be and just make everything miserable. we're a small but growing community and i'm proud to be a part of it because everyone seems quite down to earth and have only friendship and love of all things TSOM in mind. i think we're ok."
- That's exactly why Sandra's forum got taken down. She had an adults only policy and she had thought that an underage person who hadn't gotten membership from the forum decided to report us. She made a second forum but the site was really odd. The site we used enabled anyone who was part of the site to change things including the buttons. One day we would come in and they would be bunnies, the next day there would be porn gifs.
As for that first site bluesatinsashes, that looks like Vanessa's SOM forum? If it was indeed V's forum. I was known as Maria's Georg on there and Sandra's forums.
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Post by bluesatinsashes on Mar 26, 2015 0:07:21 GMT
lemacd said: "i was never a part of any of the forums that have been mentioned, including this site's forerunner. but from other experiences i know that sometimes people get offended easily, report the site to whatever powers that might be and just make everything miserable. we're a small but growing community and i'm proud to be a part of it because everyone seems quite down to earth and have only friendship and love of all things TSOM in mind. i think we're ok." - That's exactly why Sandra's forum got taken down. She had an adults only policy and she had thought that an underage person who hadn't gotten membership from the forum decided to report us. She made a second forum but the site was really odd. The site we used enabled anyone who was part of the site to change things including the buttons. One day we would come in and they would be bunnies, the next day there would be porn gifs. As for that first site bluesatinsashes, that looks like Vanessa's SOM forum? If it was indeed V's forum. I was known as Maria's Georg on there and Sandra's forums. Yes, I believe it was Vanessa's forum. And yes, I do recall your username! Now it's time to bring back some of the fun games from the old forum onto this one |
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Post by augiesannie on Apr 5, 2015 21:36:56 GMT
Bring 'em on! (just keep it clean).
We have 100 members now! About a third have never posted, but about half of those regularly lurk, which is fine with me. The only advertising I ever did was to encourage people to find out more on ff dot net (which is hard because you can't put links in PMs) and on FB. There is another TSOM fan group on FB that some of us are in, but I don't think a lot of those people would be that interested in our ultra micro analysis or fanfic. Other advertising ideas?
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Post by sagaofjenny on Apr 6, 2015 2:50:59 GMT
Trying Tumblr couldn't hurt. The fandom specifically devoted to TSOM (and often Julie Andrews in general as well) isn't terribly large, but it seems every single person on that website kind of has an unspoken unanimous agreement that she is queen of the universe and TSOM is the quintessential family film. Anyway, there are a number of people who post nothing but Julie; some might be interested. One of them was actually asking where to find TSOM fanfic a month or two ago. And every so often, stuff like this gem of a post crops up. Don't know if anyone would actually be interested, but like I said, it couldn't hurt. I will say that Tumblr is not for the faint of heart, though. |
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Post by UnusualCliche on Apr 6, 2015 5:10:12 GMT
So true, tumblr people do seem to have an overall respect for Julie, don't they?
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Post by blaueaugen on Apr 6, 2015 9:05:09 GMT
Just looking at other posts on the blog you linked to sagaofjenny, and it kind of warms my heart to see things like the Vanity Fair shoot getting 19,000 notes. There is definitely a shadow SoM fandom on tumblr. |
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Post by augiesannie on Apr 6, 2015 11:40:18 GMT
Trying Tumblr couldn't hurt. The fandom specifically devoted to TSOM (and often Julie Andrews in general as well) isn't terribly large, but it seems every single person on that website kind of has an unspoken unanimous agreement that she is queen of the universe and TSOM is the quintessential family film. Anyway, there are a number of people who post nothing but Julie; some might be interested. One of them was actually asking where to find TSOM fanfic a month or two ago. And every so often, stuff like this gem of a post crops up. Don't know if anyone would actually be interested, but like I said, it couldn't hurt. I will say that Tumblr is not for the faint of heart, though. I'm not a tumbler person. I'm afraid to do anything that has me spending more time online. But I hope that someone will promote us over there! |
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Post by utility_singer on Apr 6, 2015 11:50:13 GMT
I don't know how to use tumblr, other than to follow a link there to something juicy I've found in a search.
I can tell you that of all my pinterest boards, my TSOM one gets the most follows and the most shares. By far.
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Post by lemacd on Apr 6, 2015 11:51:49 GMT
I use tumblr for my other fanfic obsession (the lesser one. please). If I combined the two there my life would be over.
That and as much as I enjoy the fanart and spoilers/updates, I don't get tumblr.
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Post by indigoblue on Apr 6, 2015 22:58:23 GMT
Sorry, I am a digital dinosaur. No point in asking me -
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Post by bluesatinsashes on Apr 8, 2015 2:16:25 GMT
Bring 'em on! (just keep it clean). We have 100 members now! About a third have never posted, but about half of those regularly lurk, which is fine with me. The only advertising I ever did was to encourage people to find out more on ff dot net (which is hard because you can't put links in PMs) and on FB. There is another TSOM fan group on FB that some of us are in, but I don't think a lot of those people would be that interested in our ultra micro analysis or fanfic. Other advertising ideas? I'll give Tumblr a try! Maybe Instagram too? Also, what is the name of the TSOM fan group on FB? Could you send the link? Thanks! |
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Post by acid.milque on May 5, 2015 0:52:40 GMT
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Post by bluesatinsashes on Sept 11, 2015 2:20:08 GMT
The only advertising I ever did was to encourage people to find out more on ff dot net (which is hard because you can't put links in PMs) and on FB. There is another TSOM fan group on FB that some of us are in, but I don't think a lot of those people would be that interested in our ultra micro analysis or fanfic. Other advertising ideas? I'll give Tumblr a try! Maybe Instagram too? Ok, we may see an influx of new members registering for the forum in the next few days. I sent out a few promotions through TSOM and JA fan accounts on Instagram soooo we'll wait and see what happens! |
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Post by frakkinghack on Sept 11, 2015 3:15:11 GMT
Bring 'em on! (just keep it clean). We have 100 members now! About a third have never posted, but about half of those regularly lurk, which is fine with me. The only advertising I ever did was to encourage people to find out more on ff dot net (which is hard because you can't put links in PMs) and on FB. There is another TSOM fan group on FB that some of us are in, but I don't think a lot of those people would be that interested in our ultra micro analysis or fanfic. Other advertising ideas? Speaking of the facebook group- I think I tried to join. It says request pending. How often is anyone on there to okay that kind of thing? |
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Post by augiesannie on Sept 11, 2015 3:52:58 GMT
Bring 'em on! (just keep it clean). We have 100 members now! About a third have never posted, but about half of those regularly lurk, which is fine with me. The only advertising I ever did was to encourage people to find out more on ff dot net (which is hard because you can't put links in PMs) and on FB. There is another TSOM fan group on FB that some of us are in, but I don't think a lot of those people would be that interested in our ultra micro analysis or fanfic. Other advertising ideas? Speaking of the facebook group- I think I tried to join. It says request pending. How often is anyone on there to okay that kind of thing? I'll try to take care of it. |
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Post by frakkinghack on Sept 12, 2015 1:13:48 GMT
Speaking of the facebook group- I think I tried to join. It says request pending. How often is anyone on there to okay that kind of thing? I'll try to take care of it. Thanks. Let me know i you need anything from me. |
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Post by gothicbutterfly95 on Sept 12, 2015 4:15:42 GMT
So true, tumblr people do seem to have an overall respect for Julie, don't they? I not offically on Tumblr but I've got Parallel Julieverse bookmarked because I love it so much. ALL HAIL JULIE! |
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Post by bluesatinsashes on Sept 15, 2015 2:55:06 GMT
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Post by utility_singer on Sept 16, 2015 19:30:36 GMT
Oh my----I clicked on Chris' name and there are some swoony .gifs there.
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Post by bluesatinsashes on Sept 17, 2015 1:13:46 GMT
Oh my----I clicked on Chris' name and there are some swoony .gifs there.  Like this one? |
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Post by utility_singer on Sept 17, 2015 11:32:10 GMT
oh, yeah!
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