So do you think this place will last?

Hard to say, but with about 4000 posts in its first 24 hours, I'd say there's a good possibility it will survive.

I'm optimistic.

I certainly hope so!
I learned so much from threads on 2Peas, and laughed until I cried, and was greatly entertained. I also loved reading intelligent, thoughtful posts from many peas.

I keep reading posts of all kinds here, looking for names and feeling happy every time I see another one that I "know" and was hoping to see again.

I hope so! I'll do my best to try and post daily just to give activity.

I was so very happy to find this board; I don't know what I would have done without you all. :-) I was a long-time lurker at 2Peas, but will come out of lurkdom to keep this board going. Hopefully if people are looking for a new place to go they'll search for 2Peas and this will pop up in a search.

This is the honeymoon phase. It's only a matter of time or a few drinks before ......

I hope so, but reading everyone's posts makes me wish I had an avatar back then, I kept my name the same without the space but maybe I'll make one now.

I'll be here daily like I was at 2 Peas. No reason not to unless it does slow down but who knows what the future brings. I do know our Facebook group for the swap board has accumulated quite a few of us and it is like a family as a pp posted. Here's hoping this grows as well.

Hmmmm. Some of these responses are really making me think. If we need to have a constant influx of new members to keep things going, maybe that is an argument for some special topic boards in addition to the scrapping board. People would find the topical boards and then would find this board as well and be drawn in.

I have been around for almost a decade, and like with most things, my posting habits have ebbed and flowed with my life. Losing 2peas has made me realize that I need to make more of an effort to post if this new board is to succeed. Lurking only will slow things down and then it starts a downward spiral. So if you like the board, post comments! Love NSBR!

Melissa

That's exactly what I was thinking too (about me, not you, lol). 

I'm another who has come out of lurkdom because I realize how much the NSBR board means to me. I've learned so much--on many, many topics--and I've been royally entertained in the process. At 2 Peas, I never registered as a member because I felt that, although I had made a couple of family history scrapbooks, I wasn't very artistic and therefore didn't really belong. Also, I felt that it was kinda tough to break into the crowd of long-timers. This new beginning gives lurkers like me a chance to join in and, hopefully, make contributions. I see this as an opportunity for members, old and new, to revitalize the board and keep it stimulating. If it stays as fast-moving and interesting as it used to be, it will surely attract new members.

The timing of this is funny (not funny ha-ha) for me. I have always been pretty thick skinned and practical about online presence and don't get my feelings hurt by strangers online. However, something about the posts in the aftermath of the school shooting that was local to me a few weeks ago just pushed me over the edge and I'd decided that I was pretty well done with Two Peas. I'd only posted maybe 5 times in the last two weeks, which was the least I'd ever posted in my 11 years there (except when on vacation). And those were strictly informational answers of questions, no discussion or opinion about anything.

But then when I was presented with it actually being gone for good, I found that completely unacceptable LOL. So here I am. Though I've only ever met a couple peas offline and only one is an IRL friend, I do value the online relationships I've developed over the years and realized I would be sad to lose them. And I REALLY REALLY needed input on good lunch boxes for my son at school. WHERE WOULD I GET THAT WITHOUT TWO PEAS?!

All that's a way to say that I too recognize value in the community that's been built over the years and will be an active participant here to do my part to keep it going.

One advantage that we have over other spin-off boards in the past is that the original TwoPeas is truly gone.  Before, when there was a spin-off, either due to nastiness, or some new moderator rules, or whatever, people would drift off, but they almost always came back to the Mothership, so to speak.  Now that it's gone, there's no where else to turn and people will stay (and possibly bring a few friends.)