my boards2go archaeological research

Posted on August 31, 2026 at 12:06:58 PM by Nikos (edited August 31, 2026 at 12:07:39 PM)

for Pal and others:

the estimate sites had ALL of boards2go, every community on the platform, at just over 2 million pageviews the month before the end (June). The new board by itself, by our own server's count, hit a million in the first month of migration.

The Victors by itself was nearly half of all b2g traffic. that doesn't count the VB cinematic universe with B5, Cards, GR Blue, etc. just b2g=thevictors

if you Google "boards2go shut down," one of the top results is now a thread here.

as far as I can tell, the only other community with a b2g share like ours was for the band Phish.

even more exciting with the football szn around the corner. I expect traffic to spike.

the post-crash B2G stats are not visible yet but I expect they will be nearly literally zero. the Phish boards have also declared B2G dead and abandoned it.

it has never come back online. it has been a full month.

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Thread:

my boards2go archaeological research - By Nikos August 31, 2026 at 12:06:58 PM
- I haven't followed the migration here, so I don't really understand, but are you talking about Phish.net? Am I about to lose Phish.net?!?!??* - By Tuck27 August 31, 2026 at 03:08:33 PM
- Honestly, if you can monetize, I would reach out to the Phish folks* - By Voltron Blue August 31, 2026 at 12:58:57 PM
  - GRBLue as well. (joking)**** - By Cincywolve August 31, 2026 at 01:24:05 PM
  - See how many beads they can afford to pay for his services?* - By jjwalker August 31, 2026 at 01:17:35 PM
- Fascinating. (nfm) - By WolvBlue August 31, 2026 at 12:47:12 PM
- are you building a Phish board?* - By Ronti August 31, 2026 at 12:43:58 PM
- My buddy is a huge phish and m fan. I've mentioned the board to him. He never joined but I'm sure was active on phish board. What are the odds* - By chiwalker August 31, 2026 at 12:41:23 PM
- It's basically been in zombie mode for who knows how long, right?* - By mjhollen August 31, 2026 at 12:14:50 PM
  - zombie mode since 2016 technically lol * - By Nikos August 31, 2026 at 12:16:42 PM
    - It's like they forgot to turn off the power to the building.* - By mjhollen August 31, 2026 at 12:19:33 PM
- The whole place was probably abandoned long before it crashed. We wandered around there without a clue, alone and ignored. Was it a social experiment of some kind?* - By gratefultread August 31, 2026 at 12:13:20 PM
- LOL. The Phish piece is great. Of all things.* - By LS&Play August 31, 2026 at 12:08:36 PM
  - LOL* - By Cincywolve August 31, 2026 at 12:48:56 PM
  - Any duel posters?* - By Poster P August 31, 2026 at 12:33:12 PM
  - Yeah us idiots and a bunch of crusty hippies* - By JoeMama August 31, 2026 at 12:30:18 PM