Demise of Writers.Net

I have been a member of a forum, Writers.Net, http://www.writers.net/ for over a year. A little over a week ago, it disappeared.

Writers.net was formatted differently from all the other look-alike forums. I preferred the format and it was easy to use. Other than minor annoyances; there was no way to delete a post, spell-check it, or correct it after posting, I enjoyed that forum. There were writers and posters from all over the world. I miss talking and arguing with those people, a lot. What I learned about writing and the advice I received from many was invaluable.

It was originally created by NetConcepts. But then NetConcepts was sold to Covario. Once that happened, forum moderation - always a hit-or-miss probability - disappeared completely.

Now the forum itself has disappeared. Not that it was unlikely to happen, but Covario could have done the right thing and announced on the forum itself that they were taking it down. But no, they just took it away. Sounds like many other large, cares-only-about-the-big-bucks corporations, doesn't it?