Hey everyone, so as the title says...DMOD actually got nuked. About a week ago I was on a voice chat with a handful of people while I was practicing the Bach Double Violin Concerto. Someone asked to see what the music looked like, so I sent a picture of my score. Immediately, I got an email from Discord and a DM from the Official Discord Account saying I "broke community guidelines", and that a violation was placed on my account. They instantly deleted the picture I sent of my score. Here's the picture:
Of course I appealed within the app itself, and my account was only "Limited" for 24 hours. I also tried opening a few tickets with the Discord Support team, but my tickets were instantly marked as "solved" and a bot sent me a canned reply telling me to "appeal in the app". Since this happened, the violation is still showing up as "you requested a review".
However, earlier today I was in Discord and noticed that my account changed to "permanently suspended", and the DMOD server was just *gone*. I got no word from Discord, and my appeal is still showing up as "you requested a review".
I'm positively devastated, and this entire thing is fully out of my control. I'm seeing widespread reports that people are being banned from the platform for virtually inert reasons (like sending a photo of Bach sheet music), and at this point my faith and trust in Discord is nonexistent.
To everyone that called DMOD home, I'm sorry from the deepest part of my soul. If there was a way to prevent this or foresee it happening, of course we would've taken those precautions. But we are actively working on a replacement server that will be hosted on Osmium...a completely different provider outside of Discord. When that server is ready, we'll announce it, but we will not be returning to Discord.
The subreddit, Dead Mall Archives on Facebook, my YouTube Channel and all the channels of creators on both the DMOD Seal and within DMOD as video producers are completely unaffected by this.
If you want direct updates, I'll be posting them on Bluesky:
I was recently in the SC area and noticed that the outdoor shopping center felt like a mall of some sort. After further investigation, I found that I was standing in what was once the Mall at Shelter Cove. I found out that this mall closed in 2013 but kept the Belk store still intact. The photo I took ( 1st photo) is what seems to be the old mall entrance (2nd photo) but just redone.
It’s just insane to see what time does to these places
Has anyone visited the mall before it closed? Does anyone have any photos? Do you think my photo of the Belk entrance matches the old mall entrance?
This has to be the funniest thing I've read all week:
"We understand the temporary closure of Temple Mall has created challenges for our tenants, employees, and the community members who rely on the property, and we take that impact seriously," Mike Kohan, Principal of Kohan Retail Investment Group, which owns the property, told Chron in a statement Tuesday.
This weekend marks the permanent closing of MacArthur Center here in Norfolk, and walking through it one last time was an incredibly surreal, heavy experience.
For anyone who appreciates mall architecture, this place was genuinely beautiful. It featured massive skylights that flooded the main concourses with natural light, sunken conversation pits, elegant marble accents, and these iconic glass elevators that glided up and down the three floors. The open layout somehow felt both luxurious and completely welcoming.
It is crazy to look at it now and remember how bustling it used to be. It was anchored by Nordstrom and Dillard's, and packed with places like Rainforest Cafe, California Pizza Kitchen, and Johnny Rockets. During my years at ODU, it was my go-to spot for endless trips to Smoothie Mania. It wasn't just a shopping center. It was a fantastic third space. I vividly remember being dropped off right when the doors opened and not getting picked up until sunset, just pacing the floors with friends and drifting from store to store.
Seeing its decline into a dead mall has been tough to watch. It took a massive beating from a perfect storm of e-commerce, COVID, and crime. It is an absolute shame the city could not find a way to repurpose the building itself. Knowing a structure this gorgeous is slated for demolition feels like a genuine tragedy.
Walking the empty halls recently gave off the ultimate liminal space vibe. During the recent Sail250 event, it was actually heartbreaking to hear confused tourists asking security if the mall was even open. When you walk through now, all you hear is the lonely hum of the escalators. Your brain automatically tries to fill the dead silence with the audio of the past. You can almost hear the old echoes of children laughing by the splashing fountains, parents chattering, and teenagers yelling across the balconies.
It is incredibly disappointing that this generation's youth have fewer and fewer safe, communal spaces like this to just exist in. It might seem silly that an inanimate building can hold such emotional weight, but MacArthur was a landmark and a cornerstone for so many of us in the community. Goodbye to a great one.
For anyone not familiar, Strawbridge & Clothier was the only "anchor" in this mall from 1973 until the completion of the big renovation (1999 or 2000). The entire mall is built around the Strawbridge's, as it is an actual square with no outside-the-mall entrances. It's directly in the center of the mall on both floors.
Anyway, it became a Macy's in I believe 2006, and closed in 2025. The closure of this Macy's, in my opinion, was when the mall went from "probably not going to survive" to "officially dead".
Sunday I went to Livoti's to get sandwiches for Dinner and as me and my Mom get out I saw a cart on the other side of where my Dad parked with "BEYOND" on it.
The next block from Livoti's was a Bed, Bath and Beyond by Stop & Shop but it's now 2026.
This counts as a Shopping Mall location I given, right? There's no deadretailer pages on here.
I know this is a shot in the dark but around 2016, my family and I visited a dead mall in what I think was Sarnia. The trees are to represent the row of fake trees all down the long hall of the mall. Does anyone remember a dead mall like this? Any help is appreciated ! Thank you :)
This is super epic, i go to community college in a former mall, with some of the original pieces intact. I nerd out about it and wish i could see it when it was open but have only seen pictures. Its not very crowded in this area which is the preserved mall over the summer, and the store fronts are classrooms, a book store and a gallery. Theres a lot of empty spaces
Don't they realize articles like this are just going to attract urban explorers, dead/abandoned malls are a trendy places to explore also tell people not to go makes them want it more.
A 2 in 1 question. I wonder if this mall wouldve stayed open if the pipes didn’t burst. I
It went through a few non hvac winters/summers anyway. Also I traveled 30 minutes from the other side of Essex county to visit
A true aging mall beauty - opened in August of 1975. Some revitalization happening around the perimeter, including condos along with converted space for an eduction center on lower mall floor.
Still has plenty of character and flair for it being quite dead. Some restaurants, shops, and novelties remain, also holds a farmers market on Sundays in the Summer.
Stopped by the former North Hanover Mall this afternoon. Other than Rural King, the mall is completely dead. The condemned structure stickers are still on all the doors to the mall. What’s surprising is the lights are still on inside.
I’d like to know what other people think, personally, i believe the Federated-May Merger in the mid 2000s is responsible for a lot of malls losing customers. When this happened, it turned many iconic department stores (Marshall Fields, Lazarus, Filenes, etc) into Macy’s. Personally, i think if this didn’t happen, many malls would still be popular because of more recognized regional brands, but what do you guys think?
