To all my Prius peeps: In case Priuschat is coming to an end, I want to thank you all for 20+ years of (mostly) good clean fun. It has been my pleasure to know you digitally, and feel some sort of 21st century connection. To anyone I have offended over the years, and I'm sure there have been more than a few, I am sincerely sorry. (mostly) Of all the chat groups I have found, the hardcore priuschatters are the most polite, intelligent, and interesting on the net. Thank you all again, and I hope this isn't the end, it is too much fun! Oh Danny, where art thou? Sincerely, Bisco
If it is maga/government hacking and flooding the site shutting it down, to protect their master from bad news, they will tire and eventually it survives. We all know his main value in life is his own image. Oddly his magas think he believes in Jesus because he says he is a Christian. I never really hear him mentioning Jesus’s teachings though. Wonder if there are examples.
This a darn good "last testament." When the time comes, which may be moments from now, or five years, this is what should popup when access is attempted.
Agreed on sentiment -- have never belonged to a forum with this ilk of fundamental problems Not been here long; apparently others here who've persisted despite a long history of these shens, hats off to ya. If it does goes down... all I'll miss are the few genuine connections with peeps here (big surprise, mostly fellow veterans). The rest can sunset whenever, I guess
Frankly I have been to better forums which had active Admin willing to archive the database in order to install new base software. I have also been involved with forums with active moderators willing to help "moderate" bad actors, salesmen and extreme errors. Usually requires many technically qualified moderators for a site this large.
enjoyed your many post over the years- you seem to listen to others well and express your opinions well also, that is often a tough item to balance
Agreed! I joined in 2019, a couple years after we got our first Prius in 2017 and I've enjoyed learning the nuances of the Toyota Hybrid (which, still, is the gold standard of hybrids) in both maintaining them and operating them.
Agreed! I joined in 2019, a couple years after we got our first Prius in 2017 and I've enjoyed learning the nuances of the Toyota Hybrid (which, still, is the gold standard of hybrids) in both maintaining them and operating them. It looks like this site has been running on auto-pilot for quite a while: About PriusChat Founded in 2003, PriusChat has been the go-to spot for Prius, hybrid, and EV discussion for over 10 years. PriusChat is the one of the largest privately-owned car forums left on the internet. We hope you'll join our home to educated & critical discussion, falling outside of the fray of Internet trolls & unconstructive discussion.
Even though Danny is MIA, if he reads this, I want to say thank you for all the joy you have brought me over the years, and making it possible for prius chatters to help each other. I know running a forum is a thankless job, and difficult to balance with the rest of your busy life. all the best!
I’ve been frequenting Reddit, never ceases to amaze me, how things…just…work. Not the same ambience though.
"It has been my pleasure to know you digitally ..." Mine as well, although I do not agree with writing an obituary yet. -- When PriusChat was young, I posted things here that apparently helped other owners when Prius was also young. Later I have engaged in swordplay loosely related to hybrid vehicles, or not at all. All here share a community, say their own piece about it, and remarkably rarely face disdain for speaking. I know little of other internet chat groups, but this one may be unique. Where else could one go to not only see what people wonder about, but how 'arguments' are posed? One can only speculate about effects on so many PriusChat that read but never or rarely post - people with actual lives
It's been a great run and I'd like to think it's not over yet, but Danny is the only one who decides because he's the one getting paid for the ads. Have worked behind the scenes to try to bring in help but when Danny has only replied to the moderator once in many months mentioning CPU overloads was the problem he might have given up? Regardless, I'll always be grateful for more than a decade of being on here almost everyday helping people as best I can. It's so great to have so many knowledable people on this site. But with AI and other bots and all the ads a CPU in his closet in his house isn't going to be good enough anymore.
@rjparker said "Frankly I have been to better forums ..." Go there, and we hope that conviviality and two-way teaching will serve you better. Please tell us where to better go, because other Internet chats I have tasted are ... unpleasant and uninformative. == Whatever might cause PriusChat to crumble has not happened yet. YaTaHey.
I would gladly pay a reasonable membership fee for all of this, the most civilized website on the internet.
