[bredren]

It was a Dave Matthews Band fan community and I shut it down in 2015 due to server costs, (which the community mostly covered Via PayPal but I had to do fundraisers) looming security issues (drupal and vbulletin integrations that became hard to get security updates for and my own passing interest in the band.

But not because there wasn’t community.

I had a solid moderation and community admin staff and people writing content for the blog.

To your point yes. Any community, band fans to burning man needs new blood constantly or it will die. People move on.

There’s a lot of talk about this in the DOTA 2 community—-fear it will not stay at the top of esports if it doesn’t do more to make itself welcoming to noobs.

[srndh]

Why not start a subreddit on reddit and use the wiki for a blog? Just an idea, I have no experience running a subreddit. Plus I am sure a Dave Matthews Band fan community wouldn't offend anyone. So, reddit can foot the bill for your community. Just keep a backup incase of issue.

[bredren]

I made a Facebook page people used to connect afterward. I think these other sites are not the same as an integrated experience I had before. It was a “community driven online destination.”

I do have a backup and I may make the forum available again, but I am not sure. It was a lot of content to go dark suddenly.