# Our Elder Forums - How Old is Your Forum?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-elder-forums-how-old-is-your-forum/398335
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [March 13, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-elder-forums-how-old-is-your-forum/398335 "2026-03-13T01:46:44Z")
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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-elder-forums-how-old-is-your-forum/398335/12 "2026-03-13T16:47:28Z")

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Wow, that’s incredibly steady activity 🤯  
How did you avoid users leak to other platforms (facebook groups among others)?

I should have added in my post that my forums’ activity is also very tied to the sport popularity. There was a massive gain of interest in the mid-2000s, and it then decreased over time.

There are always multiple factors 🙂

> [@LotusJeff](#):
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> I have added a summary table to the initial post to track our Elder Forums.

It’s a pity that we can’t write relative dates in Discourse. Like XX years ago, from a given date (or perhaps I just didn’t find how to do it).

Should newsgroups be considered as a forum?  
In my case, the community was the same when it transitioned from newsgroups to phpBB.  
Our community went through multiple migrations, and no doubt will go through other migrations in the future, perhaps to new communication software very different from what we know today 🚀

I mentioned this multiple migration phenomenon here:

> [@What are your favorite Discourse sites in the wild?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-your-favorite-discourse-sites-in-the-wild/383890/12):
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> My main forum ([unicyclist.com](http://unicyclist.com)) even has content as old as 1993 (imported from newsgroups hosted by the original admin) that is still available. Discourse is one of the essential links in the software migration chain that allows communities continue to exist online even after more than 30 years.

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