So the forum killed itself

[Jake]

I'm home now and will try to figure it out with the host. The host we/I use got acquired and I suspect there is an issue with server names or IPs or some bullshit.

Evan, we migrated from phpBB to myBB a few months ago and things seem far more modern to me. phpBB suuuuucked. But, if you're still not happy, feel free to pay for the domain name, hosting and run this entire thing yourself

Wow,  why does my half-serious opinion rustle your jimmies, Jake?  
myBB was built in 2002 and functionally is similar/identical to the other popular forum software dating back to the 90s.  It...works... but it doesnt make much sense to me why a joke about it would get you so defensive over it.   And given the recent data loss,  you're not exactly standing on firm ground there.

Id be happy to set up a Discourse instance if the club would like to see what a modern rethinking of forums is like.  (But Im pretty sure you were just trying to be snarky.)

I'm not super rustled, man. But, this forum is something that I personally have kept alive for quite some time now, with help from Adam and Joey, in my spare time. There has been zero interest from students in taking things over, zero interest from other alumni in helping out, etc. It worked fine enough on phpBB but the UX sucked, myBB was an easy, free upgrade to something "better than suck" and that's what I have time and energy for.

The data loss appears to have been part of the hosting migration, which I had zero control over as pertains to date, time, side effects or whatever else. The new host/overlords assured there would be zero loss or problems and obviously that was not the case. The migration happened to take place on the day where I was on a series of three planes to fly to an island and help my parents deal with the loss of my mom's brother, who I never met in 28 years and she hadn't spoken to in 8. And then I was slightly occupied driving that Ranger home.

So yeah, given where my priorities have had to be, I think the ground I stand on is pretty solid. I'm not trying to be snarky, but when someone who hasn't been very active with MM or its web presence in years drops by this thread solely to tell the forum owner/admin that it sucks, I have no real qualms about sharing my thoughts. If you would like to set up Discourse, migrate all of our users/data to it, and take over hosting duties, feel free. Seriously. I've been doing this for years because nobody else will.