Originally posted by infuryum: If anyone remembers, it was this EXACT same issue which had me upset two autumns ago. The disbandment of a forum with NO clear reason why. No matter how hard I tried, NO ONE would tell me WHY the Off-Topic forum was gone. They, in addition to the owner, simply took the stance of "don't ask and leave it alone."
ESPECIALLY if you want people to donate to the site (which I have yet to do, so I don't have a lot of room to talk, anyway), this isn't a good way to get them to do so.
I can tell you exactly why it went away two years ago.
The flaming, profanity, bickering, and posting of non-work appropriate pics had gotten so out of control, it was easier to just get rid of it than to try to clean it up. The signal-to-noise ratio was so bad, I was fed up.
Some perceived this as a power move, a blunt display of machismo that was unwarranted. I was simply sick of it and did the easiest thing. It wasn't necessarily the best thing, but I did what I felt was necessary in the amount of time I had to deal with it.
I would much rather be doing something else than dealing with this sort of thing and then justifying my actions. Tonight, I would have preferred reading about the new 7-series Panasonic plasma displays, but instead I chewed up my precious couple of free hours dealing with this crap.
-Lance
Lance Kinley
CEG Webmaster
95 SE, "Cassandra"
10 years!
