ForumArena, a free phpBB forum host, has had a massive loss of data resulting in all hosted forums becoming inaccessible. The free forum host hosted over 13,000 free forums with nearly 2 million posts across their network.
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A thread in their partner’s host support forum blames the loss of data on an ‘error on the disk of the server’. According to the support staff the database and all backups have been corrupted and it is highly unlikely any of the forums will work in the near future. All hosted forums currently display an error message along with a chatbox to allow members to commuicate.
Board owners who bought ad free boards and premium upgrades are able to request a refund or start a new board at ForumWise.
Those looking for somewhere to start their forum up again may wish to check our our free forum hosting resource pages which lists a number of free forum hosts.
