It was a nice idea but,
https://web.archive.org/web/20180130221659/http://www.gematriaforum.truthernetwork.com/portal.php
The Gematria Forum is calling it quits. This is absolutely no surprise at all and was even worth a mention here months ago. I have no idea what they were thinking other than severely overestimating the market for the content.
As it was on my regular checklist I stopped by once in a bit to check on what was going on, which was never anything exciting. The attached gadget shows how many people are viewing the site in total and of those how many are members and how many are guests. It was common to see tiny numbers such as three viewers, not one of which was a member.
Original content was almost nonexistent. All links to the regular's blogs and YouTube channels. All information easily accessible by the more conventional means of loading in the blog or YouTube channel directly.
I think I get the point, a handy hub to direct newcomers to see what other content is missing. To wake up more sheeple they can tell their asleep friends - here's a spot for you to start. Maybe you'll like Zenith of The Alpha's style more than Rita's. Poke around here first. Still, after finding the compilation they can save their favorite links and bypass the forum after the first few visits.
A missed opportunity. Something that could have made everyone happy. All truther videos locked to private and moved to the forum. Work out a system to have interested parties get the proper password or whatever it takes to unlock the video to watch. Say whatever you want in the comments and never have a persecution complex about falsely perceived Google censorship again.
The goodbye message can't help but show that persecution proclamation which is getting really old. The forum did not fail because it simply didn't have any meaningful content. It failed because "they're out to get us". Now it's being moved to Gematria News which will have the same problem even if they're out to get you instead of being more boring than watching dust bunny races under your bed. You just warned the evil empire of your intention. On the internet. Which they are monitoring since they're out to get you. And this makes sense, how?
Maybe a better try would be to mimic a premium cable tv channel idea. Have the regular video makers and bloggers produce a fractional amount of content only available on the forum. Not necessarily paid for content, but only found at the forum. At least then you'd get a better idea of how many people are really interested instead of avoiding the site because they are allergic to dust bunnies, can find it elsewhere, or the realm big one - don't visit because in reality the truther movement is losing traction since the world is on to the old tricks and doesn't give a damn about watching. Unless they're tricked by clickbait style titles.
Here's some new forum name suggestions:
The Sandlewood Candle Scented Basement
Nothing To See Here. Move Along.
The Duo Digit Dictionary
Why Bother They're Just Going To Suppress Our View Counts
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