In its current form,. and how it is (not) working, death may well be near.

Meh.

I've seen this cycle many times before. Whenever whoever is out of town from the host gets back the site will run well again. The Hang will go on. The only downside is that a bunch of people will drop The Buzz to go back to it, and The Buzz deserves a bit better being better maintained.

Load times for a page are over 20s and The Hang is still getting new posts and responses. I'm not sure whether to admire the loyalty, or shake my head at what kind of person would put up with that and keep posting?

I couldn't have said it any better, Swordfish!

I've been on and off Max since 1998 or '99 as I've posted before. Coming here, with the new graphics and the fact that this place is being run as a business and is operating, makes me feel like it is home. I wish our old friends would just come over. Technically, being on Max now is like using MS-DOS software from '98 OR '99. It's over. The thoughts, ideas and insights of most of our Maxfisch friends are as current as ever. They need to c'mon over.

Not completely on topic -- but i believe the DNS for Max expires in about a month. Be interesting to see if it's renewed.

If Maxfisch goes down will there be anyway to archive it?
I'm constantly using google to find older posts on there that answer BDSM related questions I have, would be a shame for all the history of posts on maxfisch to be lost.

I think Soapy is right. I am member number 39 at the Hang and enjoyed it a lot over those years. Sorry to see it die a slow death—rather it were a quick one. I registered here a while ago but hadn’t visited much. I will try to do so more. It helps that it looks like the Hang. I find the familiar comfortable.

Try the "way back machine" for 20 years of maxfisch history.
The internet is not forgotten.

http://web.archive.org/web/*/maxfisch.com

Try any website

archive.org

I currently keep feet on both sides of the fence, and on fet and other places.
Of course, I do like that the Buzz has gone so far(t) as to have a forum for the Fetish that Shall Not Be Named.

Earns Kudos and a special place in my heart!

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