I shall soon be posting the sequence of events that caused the closure of the Anything loop. In short, this happened due to the activities of @PeterAndrews1, who is now posting as @Georgy.

Some members are posting misinformation about the reason for the closure of Scooploop. The site is being closed due to the owner not having the time or finance to manage and maintain it. The reason for the closure of Clive's loops was due to the owner not having the ability to remove Clive as a moderator. This was necessary to prevent Peter Andrews and other deleted members from rejoining it. This is the reason it was no longer possible to join the Anything loop.

Clive's loop Group Prive has now been closed.

' Scooploop Closing Down
Hi All, we’ve made the difficult decision to shut down this platform.

Thank you for being part of it — for your time, your contributions, and your support. We’re genuinely grateful for the community that formed here.

The site will be closing in the next few weeks. Please make sure to save anything important before then.

Thanks again for being with us.'

Note that the Anything ! Lite loop has been closed, and its members removed.

https://www.scooploop.com/loops/Anything-Lite

Many members have disappeared from Scooploop. Given that the average age of a Scooploop member is over 70, it may be that they have passed on. To make members aware, you could let a family member/trusted friend know your log in details, and show them what you would like them to do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTTLfk1wgcE

How do you record your passwords. You can get an indexed password book on Amazon, or make your own.
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https://info.cybertecsecurity.com/password-book-risky-or-rational

Virtually every week I get a notification from Firefox to update- and it continues even if I tick Dismiss. Is this normal - I now find it annoying. Thanks.

This is the second time, the first time my photo was changed to a younger lady displaying certain attributes that l no longer have. So l dealt with it and started a new Instagram account. So yesterday my phone and iPad constantly kept pinging with notifications from odd unknown names which l declined to open. Then at 1.35 a.m. my mobile downstairs rang, obviously l thought it was important so hobbled down to find it was an Instagram call. I also saw that the Instagram App had been downloaded onto my phone. Years ago l had one son in Australia and one in Argentina so they told me to install Instagram so l could see what they were doing. I have deleted the Apps on phone and iPad but am worried, is there anything else l should do.?

https://www.scooploop.com/thread/scooploop-operational-problems

@AllahuAkbar
If you are the creator of the account below, or any other aliases, I strongly recommend that you delete it/them now - you have been warned!

https://www.scooploop.com/user/AllahuAkbar

Due to the activity of particular members and the lack of moderation, the Anything loop is currently closed to new members and new posts. The loop below is available to use:
https://www.scooploop.com/loops/anything-friendly-helpful-or-interesting

It is no longer possible to join the Anything loop.

Delete any alias you have or are using, or your main account is at risk of being deleted.

https://www.scooploop.com/thread/disappearing-members-bd6cd

'Starting in January 2026, Google is removing the "Check mail from other accounts" (POP3) feature and Gmailify, meaning Gmail will no longer fetch emails from external accounts. This change does not stop you from automatically forwarding incoming Gmail messages to another account, but it stops Gmail from collecting mail from other providers.'

I see members are still having trouble viewing TikTok videos. Here is the Carnivaliditalia one:
https://jottacloud.com/s/0957f36775892d14d2ba5ac11424dab8aa5

Depending on how you use Scooploop/who you have blocked, you may not have noticed, that, thankfully, several members are no longer around/have been removed or suspended. Scooploop is monitored intermittently, so keep to the rules, or you may join them.

You may have noticed that some members are no longer posting, this may be due to them being logged in as another member, and unable to log out. They are therefore unable to log in with their real name.

You can always post the link in this loop, or in the Workshop, and I'll provide a link that you can view.

Be sure to have a note of your Scooploop password, as it is currently not possible to reset (Forgot password)your password, or to rejoin. If you do not know your password, you can change it below, at your own risk:
https://www.scooploop.com/hub/settings/account/

If you do not delete any alias accounts you have, you will be in danger of having your main account deleted.

Caused by the activities of Peter Andrews and his racist gang, Scooploop has been partially deactivated. They are currently not accepting new members, and it is not possible to log out.

Next batch of account deletions has begun.

I have just been contacted by Scooploop, and both of these matters will be dealt with very soon. Accounts will be deleted and loops moderated.

I can see that there are currently very few active members (nothing to do with xmas), and even previously frequent posters have disappeared, or seldom appear. Obviously, some members may have passed away, but if you are still here, please break your silence and let us know why you have stopped posting or commenting.

Lack of use will influence the future of Scooploop.

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UK company sends factory with 1,000C furnace into space
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62vx0pgyrgo

If you have Google accounts that you don't use (They may be for a rescue email address or extra storage, etc.), be sure to use them as below, or they will be deleted.

This can also happen with providers of any other type of account that you have.
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https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/12418290?hl=en

Openreach has closed down the telephone exchange in Deddington, Oxfordshire. It is the first of 4600 telephone exchanges to be closed.

Post from a closed loop that you don't belong to being shown.

Old posts and suggested loops are appearing.

Some members PMs have not been working for a long time. If you want to overcome this, you can try creating another account with PM in the account name, which you may have to shorten.

There is nothing you can do about missing notifications.

To see my e mails I had to set up a lock screen password but now I can't get into my phone.
How do I unlock it ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0rpy7envr5o

I don't know why it's happening but my FB feed is full of posts from a group I've never even looked at, it's driving me mad because 1 in every 3 posts is from that group. I've clicked on the 3 dots and told it to hide the posts but it doesn't seem to make any difference. Is it happening to anyone else and is there a solution?

If you use Google email to collect email from other email providers, note that this service will no longer be available from January 2026.

https://updates.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/140.0/nov25a/donate/?form=nov25&utm_content=cta_a&utm_source=in_app&utm_medium=desktop&utm_campaign=nov25_appeal

https://donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:LandingPage&country=GB&uselang=en&wmf_medium=spontaneous&wmf_source=fr-redir&wmf_campaign=spontaneous

Does anyone have a particular recommendation? I normally dream up my own passwords, which I keep in a locked Word doc (not named 'Passwords'!) but had an alarm the other night when I got a pop-up on a Safari page saying my Mac had been hacked – I swiftly crashed it then created a new password to get into it. Today I've been told by a knowledgeable friend that didn't necessarily mean it really had been hacked, but I'm wondering if a password manager might be a good idea - though Intego should warn me of any intrusion and did, if indeed it was hacked. I don't know what a warning from Intego would look like, as opposed to the pop-ups my friend referred to. (Does any of that make sense? I've been fretting over this for some while this afternoon and am losing it altogether, I think!) Anyway, Roboform, Nordpass and 1Password seem to be well-recommended password managers.

I have to replace the wired speakers on my PC as they are playing up badly (sound keeps going up and down). I've connected a small bluetooth speaker that I use with my phone for playing music but each time I go to use it with the PC I have to reconnect the bluetooth setting. So I'm thinking of trying better quality bluetooth speakers and I was wondering if anyone uses bluetooth speakers with their PC and doesn't have to constantly reset the bluetooth connection each time it's being used.

This morning watching news on the TV a box appeared saying something like "Terence's ipad wishes to voice share with your TV" with options to accept, decline or block. As i moved the curdor downtowards decline the message disappeared. Anyone seen this sort of thing before?

Scooploop was down this morning due to its certificate expiring. This has now been renewed for only three months, which does not look good. So if there are members you want to keep in contact with, if you haven't already done so after a previous outage, now would be a good time.

Advice from the Police:

'It is much easier to steal a mobile phone when it is in use or on display. When you are using your mobile phone in a public place try and be aware of your surroundings and anyone that is perhaps stood close to you. In order to help prevent theft of your mobile phone keep it in a secure place on your person or in your bag.

You should keep your contract or mobile phone box with the IMEI/serial number on it, in a safe place as the police will need to see evidence that you owned the phone, in the event that it is stolen. The contract or box are the only means of evidence the police will accept. A recent bill or delivery note will not be sufficient.

The IMEI/serial number on your phone is a number that is unique to your mobile phone. To find out what your IMEI number is type *#06# into your phone.

You can also protectively mark your mobile phone.'

I have been asked about hidden loops, these are called 'private' loops which are invisible to non-members. You cannot join these loops, you have to be invited. There are 'closed' loops, which are visible, but the contents are visible only to members, and you have to apply to join. These loops have many real members (not advertisers), so much of the activity on Scooploop is unseen by non-members.

Unless you arranged an extension, you are no longer receiving security updates.

I am being asked what can be done about the racist and abusive posts. With the absence of @CliveF and Scooploop moderators, the only thing that can be done is when you are the originator of a post is to block those members to prevent them making use of your post.

I am no longer in contact with a member(s) of Scooploop. One of the last things they were working on was the Politics loops whose owners were no longer around. One recently reappeared, but then disappeared again! I don't know how far they got before they (the staff) disappeared again.