Frontstretch Message Board Shutting Down?

To All It May Concern,

After much discussion during the offseason, we've decided that the Frontstretch Message Board - a dedicated, lively part of the site for many, many years - may have finally run its course. Between the evolution of Facebook and Twitter, our vibrant community that comments on the articles themselves each day and the gradual shift of our readership population, and the occasional use of our live blogging system there's so many ways to discuss racing here now it seems like the board has become a last resort of sorts for general conversation.

But that doesn't mean we're opposed to continuing on some sort of board in another way. Jeff Meyer, one of the moderators and a longtime writer here suggested a Frontstretch group "Discussion Board" on Facebook led by either him or one of the longtime Message Board Members, where both of you could act as admins and patrol a smaller version of this board on a site people visit much more frequently. How would people feel about that choice? If you're interested, we need to know now otherwise this idea will die on the vine.

At this point, the board is scheduled for shutdown on Sunday, February 13th, 2011. We hope you'll continue to read the site - our growth continues, and with a new podcast / radio show and several other exciting ideas on the agenda we won't be going anywhere anytime soon. Hopefully, this Facebook idea is one that catches on with everyone here and takes off! It'll still be the same ol' Frontstretch faithful - just a little different...

Sincerely,

Tom Bowles
Owner / Managing Editor
Frontstretch.com