If it makes you feel any better, I also remember it being switched because of database errors and it being a better forum software. I remember the censor thing only being a secondary concern, as in a "oh hey we can also do that with xenforo" kind of thing.
Holy cow. That's really unbelievable to me. I know the forums aren't as active as they used to be, but damn. I had always thought they were the most used part of the site. I'm really surprised by these stats.
Now I can see why you care about the guides and the main site more. But I really hope...
This is actually really surprising to me. Can you tell exactly what the amount of traffic is for all of these things? It'd be easier for me to get a grasp if I had a visual comparison.
This is something I'm curious about. Just how important does Mases consider these forums to be? For me, I couldn't care less about the main site and I use the forums here more than any other feature on this site, and I don't think I'm alone in that. I get it if Mases wants the main site to...
My biggest concern is if all of our forum posts (I do mean ALL of them, no matter how old), will be left untouched. Because I don't want to lose any of my writing or graphics or artwork, and honestly any of my regular posts would be missed too. After spending 5 years on this site, I don't want...