Hi Eric! We’ve missed you. Sorry if I’ve pissed you off in the past. I’ve mellowed a bit with [even more] age.
Hey there: Mottje t.H. is back. Missing murmurs.com a lot but never saw a hint that it’s back.
I’ve already seen some familiar names here.
I’ve joined some nice tribute-concerts lately and miss the original band so much.
Maybe I’m gonna see Drink the sea in October…
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There was an announcement made on R.E.M. Fans United, a FB group run by Ethan and Leigh Hyland who was a member of the original Murmurs (not sure about this incarnation). I’m sure the word was passed around to other groups, individual accounts, etc. as well. A bunch of former members returned here but basically just to check in. Very few of them stayed.
With very few exceptions, it appears the days of message boards and email discussion groups have become a thing of the past. Social media platforms have taken over despite the fact that pretty much everyone complains about them. They stay because that’s where they receive the highest level of engagement.
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I appears to me people are comfortable to post just about anything on other social media sites. “I ate a chocolate bar today, good it was”* replies, "Glad you enjoyed it!" “My favorite chocolate bar is KitKat”..with 10 or so likes. I’ve seen pictures of what drink one is having every time they go out, and food pics when out to dinner. “Cheers!” “That looks delicious!” “Just arrived in Bali” "Enjoy! Stay safe, have a great time "
Rarely does that happen here at murmurs if at all. Is it a good or bad thing? I don’t know.
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I don’t think of Murmurs (or message boards in general) as a social media platform. At least not in the same sense as FB, IG, X, BlueSky, Tik Tok, etc. Same for the email discussion lists that predated the coining of the term “Social Media.”
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This may sound weird, you know murmurs at times has the atmosphere of Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks minus the server behind the diner. .
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I agree and maybe there’s something to be said for that as far as the frequent participants being a relatively small group of people.
As far as the kind of randomness you mentioned, the Free Floating Honesty section of the board has always been the place for that. Still, I don’t recall anyone posting a photo of their supper. I do recall the anything goes atmosphere which included racial slurs and homophobia.
It never occurred to me to take a photo of food until FB. One night when I was still relatively new to FB I posted a photo of a pork chop on a grill with no caption. It wasn’t even mine, it was just something I found on Google. When I checked about a half hour later there were all kinds of comments and Likes. People love photos of food on social media. Go figure.
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Only by chance yesterday did I get to discover the return of murmurs!!
Recognising several names from the past.
Hi to anyone who remembers me 
and also to anyone who doesn’t
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Welcome. When Murmurs first relaunched a lot of former members returned to post but interest soon waned. I’m not sure if there were any totally new members but I’m thinking there was at least a few. I believe everyone that posts here regularly are all former members. As toxic and as full of outright bullshit as anti-social media is, many seem to prefer that to older platforms such as message boards and email lists.
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Hi drivernate and thanks for the welcome, it’s appreciated 
you are one of the familiar names I’ve spotted on here. Hoping life is treating you well! Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc have certainly drawn many of us in over the years. I currently have profiles on each of those platforms, but over recent times and for several reasons my interest in them has declined and I currently very rarely post or take part. They do however appear to remain very addictive to many! It is so refreshing to have discovered the return of murmurs which I discovered completely by chance on Saturday. Cannot believe it’s been back for 4 years without my knowledge 
. I hold so many treasured memories of many happy hours of fun and laughter…and occasional seriousness of course 
during the previous lifetime of murmurs, and I made lots of friends some of whom I’m still in contact with…via Facebook 
. Yes, I am thankful to Facebook in some ways! I’d truly love to see murmurs grow and thrive again. I feel sure that there are many many former members out there totally unaware that murmurs is back, just as I had been. Hopefully they can find their way back as I have done. In the meantime, a huge thanks to Ethan for the return of murmurs, and to each of the current members on here including yourself who are striving to keep it active! Long live murmurs!! Love to everyone x
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