# Why we made a new user forum

**URL:** <https://forum.ipums.org/t/why-we-made-a-new-user-forum/2836>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [March 1, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/why-we-made-a-new-user-forum/2836 "2019-03-01T20:07:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![grover](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.ipums.org/grover/32/5_2.png) [@grover](https://forum.ipums.org/u/grover)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/why-we-made-a-new-user-forum/2836/1 "2019-03-01T20:07:05Z")

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You found the new forum! We really hope you like it. Here is a blog post I wrote about why we decided to make the change:  
[The New IPUMS Forum](http://blog.popdata.org/newforum/)