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Al_Howard
Al_Howard Posts: 8,678 Member
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Looks like they killed the boards yesterday. Tried to get in last night, and again this morning, and nothing.
RIP .

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  • Philtex
    Philtex Posts: 1,207 Member
    The WW board is still up - I was just there.
  • MurpleCat
    MurpleCat Posts: 229 Member
    They've removed the links leading there from the main landing page, but if you've saved a shortcut to the message boards, those still work. I suspect they don't know how to take them down, LOL
  • Al_Howard
    Al_Howard Posts: 8,678 Member
    My shortcut didn't work. :( Oh well!
  • Philtex
    Philtex Posts: 1,207 Member
    You have been banned Al - didn't you get the memo? :p
  • Al_Howard
    Al_Howard Posts: 8,678 Member
    :D
  • myallforjcbill
    myallforjcbill Posts: 5,719 Member
    This one just worked for the death watch: https://www.weightwatchers.com/community/mbd/threads.aspx?board_id=15&forum_id=1

    Sometimes your post ends up on a different board. Finally a new feature has been added! They are going out in style.
  • oh2bslimagain
    oh2bslimagain Posts: 16 Member
    Good morning GoaDies! Mr.Slim present and accounted for!
  • oh2bslimagain
    oh2bslimagain Posts: 16 Member
    Haha! That was meant for the Roll Call! :)
  • countcurt
    countcurt Posts: 593 Member
    edited August 2016
    Although I did enter the URL for my WW blog and got the following (note- in a first for me, this is NOT a shameless plug):


    http://community.weightwatchers.com/Blogs/UserBlog.aspx?blogid=1000122


    Good thing I relocated it this past year.
  • beachwoman2006
    beachwoman2006 Posts: 1,214 Member
    "Connect is intimate. It is always positive,” Just what I always wanted -- positive intimacy. On a WW message board. Sheesh.
  • beachwoman2006
    beachwoman2006 Posts: 1,214 Member
    BTW, I can still get to the message boards because I have it set up to automatically open when I open Chrome. I'm sure they'll eventually figure out how to make that NOT work.
  • imastar2
    imastar2 Posts: 6,231 Member
    Interesting I just went to my browser and googled Weight Watchers Message Boards and that link took me right in. I'm like Murple quoting " I suspect they don't know how to take them down, LOL"
  • crewahl
    crewahl Posts: 4,440 Member
    edited August 2016
    As of this morning, my WW GOAD link takes me to a "About Connect" page. Links to my blog, my profile, and old threads are all greeted with a "We're sprucing up the place!" commercial for Connect.

    Close the lid, gentlemen . . .
  • Philtex
    Philtex Posts: 1,207 Member
    I can still get there. Goad is putting up a good fight!
  • Al_Howard
    Al_Howard Posts: 8,678 Member
    Put a fork in it!
  • myallforjcbill
    myallforjcbill Posts: 5,719 Member
    Still ticking
  • countcurt
    countcurt Posts: 593 Member
    myallforjcbill wrote: »
    Still ticking

    A generous description.


    Though you can access the boards this way:

    https://www.weightwatchers.com/community/mbd/index.aspx

    I wouldn't be surprised if the boards remained functional for a long time. I'd guess truly dismantling them would require much more repair of the rest of the code that runs the WW website.
  • susan092907
    susan092907 Posts: 364 Member
    I'm continuing to start a daily thread on the maintenance board. Though it's getting tiresome. But I'm not quite ready to shut it down.
  • Snowbird_IL2Fl
    Snowbird_IL2Fl Posts: 8 Member
    My shortcut is down ... was up yesterday. RIP, our relationship lasted longer than many marriages ... 15 yrs, 3 months and 16 days. On to the new ... but changes are I not be around for another 15 yrs :)
  • 0ysterboy
    0ysterboy Posts: 192 Member
    I get this:
    "The Weight Watchers Community site is no longer available. "

    Bye WW, don't think our paths will cross again.
  • countcurt
    countcurt Posts: 593 Member
    Yup. Even when you google the thread of your preference, it's redirected to the new landing page.

    Oh well.
  • Jimb376mfp
    Jimb376mfp Posts: 6,236 Member
    THIS is the longest Death Watch I've ever seen. We have GoaD on FB and MFP now so why are we still obsessed? (Myself included)
  • slimriptide
    slimriptide Posts: 328 Member
    Bye bye WW boards.
  • 0ysterboy
    0ysterboy Posts: 192 Member
    I am a member of several message boards, a couple pretty actively. I got to say, it was the people who kept me coming back to GoaD. Technically, the WW boards were rubbish, they never even attempted to provide even basic features like editing. Good riddance.
  • Philtex
    Philtex Posts: 1,207 Member
    I still have access to the WW Goad board. I feel special.
  • Philtex
    Philtex Posts: 1,207 Member
    WW is doing the ultimate flounce!
  • myallforjcbill
    myallforjcbill Posts: 5,719 Member
    Calvin2008Brian wrote: »
    Jimb376mfp wrote: »
    why are we still obsessed?

    It's the end of an error.

    This about sums it up

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