Exactly this. There are some passion project forums out there still. Like Therangerstation.com for the Ford Ranger has been active since 1999.
The owner, Jim Oaks, has been running it since day 1 and even at one point, had to fight Ford to keep the domain. They even organize annual meetups with members.
From their About page, even they were victims of corporate control. They lost all posts prior to 2007 when the hosting company wouldn’t let them keep the forum database, and they had to start over when they bought their own copy of vBulletin.
Exactly this. There are some passion project forums out there still. Like Therangerstation.com for the Ford Ranger has been active since 1999.
The owner, Jim Oaks, has been running it since day 1 and even at one point, had to fight Ford to keep the domain. They even organize annual meetups with members.
From their About page, even they were victims of corporate control. They lost all posts prior to 2007 when the hosting company wouldn’t let them keep the forum database, and they had to start over when they bought their own copy of vBulletin.