It may not really be au revoir and goodbye because Barrio Siete is merging back to its mother ship – Reyna Elena.
May 17, 2009 when we created Barrio Siete. Interestingly, 7 months later we are now folding up. It was a nice run. A great run. An unbelievable run. In fact, we’re still flying high with our rankings – way better than Google! Nyahaha!
Anyway, here’s our excuse slip.
Maintaining a collective blog is a drag that B7 can’t keep up with, especially with our growing pains. While Barrio Siete enjoyed an unbelievable traffic and following, the traffic had an unintendedly affected the blogs of some of our writers. One of the things I did not like from B7’s rise in traffic was giving drought to some of our B7 writers blogs. Yes, Reyna Elena dot com was one of those that suffered.
Worse, Facebook, that backhoe Friendster-killer, the 800 pound gorilla is no match to Barrio Siete. While our revenue is $0, Facebook has a lot of zeros and commas too and guilty also ako for being such an active adik FB blogger! Nyahaha!
But Barrio Siete is actually not closing down. Andyan lang kami sa tabi. There will just be one big merger that’s going to happen, that is, Barrio Siete entries will merge into the mother ship – Reyna Elena.
Signs of times. Recession. Kelangan magtipid nang hosting.
Barrio Siete is not leaving with a zero rank that’s for sure because we’re still flying high. But in behalf of all B7 writers, allow me to thank you all for being with us, laughing and chit-chatting with us here. My personal thanks also to all B7 writers and those who have contributed their articles. It was fun, ain’t it?
Blogging continues over at Reyna Elena Dot Com. Yes, it will be Barrio Siete once again. You can contribute articles if you wanted to. Let me know if you are interested!
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aww sayang naman. unlimited naman hosting mo diba reynz :p
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malungkot but all good things must come to and end. at least nasa height pa rin ang barrio when this ends. isa pa, andun pa naman ang palasyo mo Ate Reynz. puede pa rin kami maging iskwater doon. hahaha!
long live barrio siete!
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Hehe – ang consuelo, hinde nagtapos sa isang malagim na pangmama-massacre ala-Ampatuan…
Merger – signs of the times nga talaga; even time as a resource also has to be merged. Sa explanation mo Reynz – pakiramdam ko, parang buyout lang ng Washington Mutual ang nangyari hehe.
Walang pambobola – your blogging energy is incomparable and hard to catch up with for those who need to slow down, and perhaps, smell the durian hehe…
Perhaps – slowing down is also a saner option…
Congrats to Barrio Siete for such an energy-overflowing collective blogging.
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Mahal na Reyna, hintayin mo na lang ang sulat ni Bebot….I smell na napapapagod din ang Reyna! hahaha pero, Congratulation talaga sa Barrio Siete!
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i am both sad and happy. sad kasi B7 has been part of my routine daily. after reading the news, sa pinas, sa davao, sa UAE, and my emails, ayan na, si mawawala ang B7. impak naka bookmark yan in case malimutan ko. lol.
Happy ako kasi ang dami kong nakilalang bloggers and I get a good dose of good reading of political, persona, funny, mga importante at walang kabuluhang mga entries.
Congratulations B7! twas a nice run.
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nakakalungkot naman mudra, anyway, it’s wonderful to be a part of barrio siete family since day one, we’re together thru ups and downs and weathered all storms
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nag-alburuto lang ang bulkan mayon nag evaquit ka na agad sa baryo. kalungkot naman. long live the queen!
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totoo pala magsasara na to, parang ang bigat sa dibdib.
maraming salamat sa lahat ng tiga barrio siete.
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totoo ba to? ang layo pa ng april 1 ah?!
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Talagang everything must change pala. Si Eklat ba, lilikas din sa Reyna E? I hope so. See you guys over at RE!
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Doesnt matter if the site is closing down or what. It is because the real essence of BARRIO SIETE lies within the bloggers – it is us, the bloggers that make up the barriotic fabric of BARRIO SIETE.
Its has been a nice run guys. Marami akong natutunan sa Barrio and from the peeps as well.
Bittersweet aurevoir isnt it?
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I’m going to miss B7. I must admit I learned a lot. Met lovely peeps… oh well everything has its end. kita kits na lang sa palasyo. hehehe.
Farewell barrio! indeed you’re going to be missed.
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Why not leave Barrio Siete the way it is without an update and put ads in it? Is that possible? Sayang kung i-delete ang website.
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gawin na lang nating parang “Barrio Siete Library”
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Come on ka Barrio Siete! Again NO UPDATE! BUT WITH ADS for MEMORIES SAKE!
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What do you say guys?
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Pero kung hanggang NICE RUN! na lang ang attitude na ipinapakita… Oh well… HINDI PA NGA NAKAPAG-UMPISA TINAPOS NA… BLAH! BLAH! AND more blahs! so be it…
GOODBYE!
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hey Darbs, we’re not deleting Barrio Siete. B7 Writers are still free to continue to blog here.
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kakalungkot naman at mawawala na ang B7. kahit bago pa lang ako dito ay dami kong natutunan at uber enjoy talaga ako sa posts nio…hayz! di bale tambay na lang ako sa RE. just remember the happy memories..
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mother im deeply saddened by the announcements. akala ko, holiday mode lang tayo, akala ko understandable. *sob*sob*sob*
.-= Snow´s last blog ..Mayon Volcano on Brink of Eruption =-.
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reynz Reply:
December 20th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
ei snow! Barrio Siete is still there. any B7 writer can still blog there naman.
.-= reynz´s last blog ..Comelec: Gen. Danny Lim disqualified: 80-year old woman, in?! =-.
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