• May 5, 2026, 3:29 p.m.

    Dear members of the DPRevived/The-Photo forum,

    News update. It doesn’t look like we will get any enhancements to the forum in the foreseeable future. Bob & Martin have moved on to other things and the forum updates are not getting the attention they need. I’m sorry about this, but sometimes life just gets in the way.

    We have enough money in the bank to keep going for around another 6-12 months. So now it’s down to you all – do you want to keep this going? Personally, I love what is happening in here and have made many virtual friends out of it, but I am only one of about 50 active members (and possibly a load of sleeping viewers).

    Nothing will happen for at least 6 months, so we have time to debate how we can proceed. There’s a few options:
    1. Do nothing and hope that contributions from members will continue.
    2. Close off in 6 months time once the existing cash has run out.
    3. Move the forum to a free site and start again – this would be one based on myBB or similar which I can maintain. But we cannot transfer the images and posts.
    4. Something else.

    Let us know what you think in the replies to this post.

    Cheers

    Alan & Bob

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  • Members 2582 posts
    May 5, 2026, 6:59 p.m.

    I would be sad to see this site fold. It has outlasted the other sites that sprang up after the DPR "closure". I think we have all got used to the sites interface limits.

    If we are about active 50 members, the first question is how much would some sort of "subscription" cost to keep this going in this cosy little niche. I have been happy to support in a small way.

    Looking at todays DPR, I do not see how or where the weekly image threads could fit in.

  • May 5, 2026, 8:26 p.m.

    Thanks Nigel,

    I'd also like to see it continue. I don't want subscriptions because we'd have to pay tax, whereas donations don't.

    It doesn't have to be much. I'll work out what it would cost to keep it going now I know more about the bank charges and company fees.

    cheers

    Alan

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  • Members 262 posts
    May 5, 2026, 9:11 p.m.

    What about sponsorship? 12 members willing to sponsor one month’s operations each year? I might be interested to do this (anonymously) depending on what the monthly cost would be.

    Best wishes
    A