Chip Forum gonna shut down in a few months

[aroraanant]

I got to know from one of the super-mods of Chip Forum that they are shutting it down in a few months.
So now our TDF gonna more popular,though its already very much popular but still

I hope have posted this in the right section.
And if not then I requests mods to move it to the right section.

[pkkumarcool]

nice news congo!! more funds for digit magazine

[axes2t2]

One of the forums which I visit very often announced the same thing a few years back around the exact same time i.e mid March and came back on 1st April.

[abhinavmail1]

Sad news, chip was my first forum ,although i was not very active there. After some time it is shutdown for d month bcoz someone hacked it.after that i joined tdf.

[noob]

sad news..but is it not dead because of their own politics ?
I used to be a subscriber(for around 2 years..my early nerd days) to chip magazine..and loved it. Magazine quality and contents used to be awesome. Never purchased any Digit magazine

[Sarath]

sad news..but is it not dead because of their own politics ?
I used to be a subscriber(for around 2 years..my early nerd days) to chip magazine..and loved it. Magazine quality and contents used to be awesome. Never purchased any Digit magazine

I believe their forum is shutting down not their magazine publication.

[Dexter™]

[theserpent]

Their forum is not good,But their magazine is actually better than digit(Dont ban me for this)In terms of qualtiy,presentation and content

[Vyom]

When I first heard about this, I became sad since I thought maybe their magazine is being shutting down. I am glad I was wrong. Since competition is always good for consumers.

But, I also thing shutting down of Chip forum should not be something to rejoice on. Even if they were TDF's competitor, we should respect the guys who invested their efforts in helping others. A forum after all, is a reflection of the members who actively participates in it to make it better.

[sumonpathak]

sad news actually..competition makes the community stronger.

[coolpcguy]

shutting it down in a month.

Curious, where did you hear about the timeframe?

[Tenida]

sad news actually..competition makes the community stronger.

This +1

[Renny]

Their forum looks dead, hardly any activity since weeks.

[aroraanant]

sad news..but is it not dead because of their own politics ?
I used to be a subscriber(for around 2 years..my early nerd days) to chip magazine..and loved it. Magazine quality and contents used to be awesome. Never purchased any Digit magazine

Bro their forum is shutting down not the magazine.
Forum is shutting down because its almost dead

When I first heard about this, I became sad since I thought maybe their magazine is being shutting down. I am glad I was wrong. Since competition is always good for consumers.

But, I also thing shutting down of Chip forum should not be something to rejoice on. Even if they were TDF's competitor, we should respect the guys who invested their efforts in helping others. A forum after all, is a reflection of the members who actively participates in it to make it better.

Well said bro...

And one thing.
Sorry guys.
I was suppose to write few more months and I wrote in a months.
Sorry my mistake.
So it is gonna shut down in a few more months
Here is the message which I got from the supermoderator of chip forum:

Spoiler:

*****this forum is now dead.*******************
Just a few more months and it will be shut down.

Note:the * represents the text that can't be disclosed.

[red dragon]

Coolpcguy is/was a mod there, ain't it cpg?

Sent from Galaxy S2

[aroraanant]

^^^^
ya there a mod named coolpcguy but I don't know much about him.
And what do you mean by cpg?

@All I have edited the thread/post a lil bit

[coolpcguy]

And what do you mean by cpg?

cpg == coolpcguy aka me ;p

@red dragon Still am.

And in case you're wondering, the forums are on life support (well, you've seen the activity, right?). As for the future, keep an eye. Things are supposed to happen. Whether they'll happen is anyone's guess

[ico]

Happened because Chip (company) stopped caring about the forum.

[mitraark]

Their forum is not good,But their magazine is actually better than digit(Dont ban me for this)In terms of qualtiy,presentation and content

It used to be much better. But then CHIP too started having gimmicky Cover Stories and went the DIGIT way , although that is what it takes for Good Circulation Have All CHIP maagazines from 2005-09 to 2007-03.

Their forum looks dead, hardly any activity since weeks.

Since months Years even.

[The Sorcerer]

Hardware scene in India is not really in that stage where one should be having competition, but making efforts to make it more healthy (and not being a pain in the backside).

Not really sure if chip forum or whatever shuts down or that, eventually it was bound to happen. What one needs to concentrate is that people have helped and contributed. Afterall, that's the point in running forums in the first place. The management didn't push it, rather its decaying very badly so its best if its left at that.

But if you think about it, except Digit which Mainstream media owned PC Tech forum in India is in best shape (as of now to say the least)? UTV's Techtree is now managed by someone else and a LOT of people were being asked to leave- and according to what I have read in Medianama maybe some got to know they had to put the papers down and the notice to vacate the premises within hours (like 4pm that one should leave by 7pm). PC World India? Back then when I used to post EVERYWHERE the editor (prathap..yeaah) doubted me if I am the same guy and he acted funny. Who else do we have? VarIndia? OnlyGizmos? The mobile Indian? I don't those are gadget stuff. I don't bother to see that.

If you don't have a forum with a really good admin for starters and then mods without those ego-boost pills being a support to a population that is in the forum, it will die off. It happened before (except back then most were gaming forums- similar to Indian Video gamers forum), it will happen again. Also the member leeching thing will need to end. Its not just annoying but its going to be the same discussion anyways and its going to be a stale experience, hence people will leave that new forum- back to square 1. There are so many Indians online and don't associate with forums. Rather than taping that, you're leeching guys who are there in all forums to begin with. Would you like to be in a forum where all members are there in all forums and discussing the same thing? What's up with that?

[Sarath]

It used to be much better. But then CHIP too started having gimmicky Cover Stories and went the DIGIT way , although that is what it takes for Good Circulation Have All CHIP maagazines from 2005-09 to 2007-03.

I had only one problem with them, their subscription, it was offloaded to a third party site and was a little painful in procedure and hence I ditched it. I like the mag too but never knew they had a forum.

[theserpent]

Almost all the tech forums in india except TDF are Almost dead,With only 5-10 members online.

Chip Team Members like Dr.Chip etc Dont even reply to your emails

[MyGeekTips]

CHIP was the first forum on that I became a member but later shifted to TDF because of inactivity on CHIP.

[Shivam24]

are they even publishing chip since feb. 2012???

[RCuber]

Had visited Chip Forum before when TDF was in a turmoil. came back to TDF after first visit

[Dragonslayer]

Sorry to hear this as the quality of the forum was not as good as the magazine.

[Rockstar11]

Happened because Chip (company) stopped caring about the forum.

Almost all the tech forums in india except TDF are Almost dead,With only 5-10 members online.

+1 sahi bola

[sujoyp]

I used to visit chip forum in 2009 for some time when I was fed up of some fanboyism here

but came back too soon...TDF rocks

[pkkumarcool]

will this help digit or not guys?

[desiibond]

Almost all the tech forums in india except TDF are Almost dead,With only 5-10 members online.

Chip Team Members like Dr.Chip etc Dont even reply to your emails

I think Techenclave is very much alive and kicking. TDF too is doing well I guess.