Entirely agree with you on the thread deletion. That was in fact the reason started my forums. It is disheartening to put hours into a debate or discussion, only to have it deleted.

I read there still on occasion, but the word “outgrow” does seem to apply. In fact, I’d offer that many webmasters outgrown not just WMW, but forums in general. There’s only so many “what is Page Rank?” discussions we can take.

The only reason I still participate in forums is because of the sense of community, and even that is pretty thin in most places.

And on the porn industry thing – it’s an issue which creates many, many flames. Sometimes it’s just easier to avoid it altogether.

Cheers

Agree with you all the way.

The rub seems to be from the point of view of “more experienced” webmasters that we have outgrown WMW (well, by and large). But WMW has nevertheless managed to buck the “bell shaped curve” and is on an upward growth curve again.

To that extent it makes money – the aim of all of us – and I guess BT does not mind roughing the feathers of a few with deletes, the net virgins flock to WMW, and are very profitable.