Orangepip Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I met up with an old school friend through Friends Reunited, I moved house and now live 5 doors away (by sheer coincidence). We don't really have much in common all these years later and just wave if we see each other, no more than that. It was better left in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 I met up with an old school friend through Friends Reunited, I moved house and now live 5 doors away (by sheer coincidence). We don't really have much in common all these years later and just wave if we see each other, no more than that. It was better left in the past. I also got, and stayed in touch with one particular school friend. He left our school when his parents moved to Immingham, which was sad, as I remember, as we were good pals. 30 odd years on, and we met again, and still keep in touch. Strange that he named his first son the same name as we named ours, which was the name of a TV hero of ours back in the day. Thank goodness it wasnt Flash Gordon!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 How long until Sheffield forum goes the same way? There was a time you could log on here and enjoy a good few hours reading /contributing to interesting threads. These days I browse and find nothing of great interest to keep me here. Ten or fifteen minutes and I'm bored.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vague_Boy Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Are you being serious? Possibly. Someone born in 1999 or later might not have heard of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 How long until Sheffield forum goes the same way? There was a time you could log on here and enjoy a good few hours reading /contributing to interesting threads. These days I browse and find nothing of great interest to keep me here. Ten or fifteen minutes and I'm bored.... You could always start a thread more to your liking and read/contribute to that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 How long until Sheffield forum goes the same way? There was a time you could log on here and enjoy a good few hours reading /contributing to interesting threads. These days I browse and find nothing of great interest to keep me here. Ten or fifteen minutes and I'm bored.... I'm not sure that Sheffield Forum is the same. With sites like Friends Reunited and Facebook its very personal, ie your identity is pretty much open to the world, whereas the forum is very much cloak and dagger, hidden under a psudenism of ones real self. Interestingly enough, I could be Elton John or Janet Street Porter for all my fellow posters know. As long as people have stuff to say, forums will thrive, and no doubt the bickerings and sarcastically induced comebacks will continue, under the shield of anonymity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bloke Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I'm not sure that Sheffield Forum is the same. With sites like Friends Reunited and Facebook its very personal, ie your identity is pretty much open to the world, whereas the forum is very much cloak and dagger, hidden under a psudenism of ones real self. Interestingly enough, I could be Elton John or Janet Street Porter for all my fellow posters know. As long as people have stuff to say, forums will thrive, and no doubt the bickerings and sarcastically induced comebacks will continue, under the shield of anonymity. Well Elton, it does seem strange to me that in times of increased identity theft more people seem happier to be seen as their real self rather than some made up character... ... not that it affects me either way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Well its seems the power of Facebook has finally shut the door on FU. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35343091 I did enjoy this site, but it seems Facebook has taken over the world when it comes to social media. I'm sure most of us have facebook accounts, but how many of us used Friends Reunited when it was first developed? I had an account, sure it's been deleted due to about 10 years of inactivity though. ---------- Post added 19-01-2016 at 12:07 ---------- I don't have an account, I'm not interested in finding any of my old school friends. The ones I was interested in keeping in touch with, I kept in touch with. Either way it's a bit late now, as nobody uses it anymore and it's closing down finally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANGELFIRE1 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I don't have an account, I'm not interested in finding any of my old school friends. The ones I was interested in keeping in touch with, I kept in touch with. Just to keep the scales even, I loved school with a passion. Used FR to contact old school chums, although not many used the site, but it's been ok while it lasted. Angel1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneygirl Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 If you are searching for school photos FR website has quite a few and at least some of us enjoy those memories. I lost some of my early photos and it was a lovely surprise to find my school photo on this website. Sorry to hear they are closing. Hubby posted some great school photos on this website so if you find any better save them quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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