> My guess is that there's some legal issue involved They are just cutting costs. Forums need moderators (I am one of them, lol), and businesses can't rely on

> My guess is that there's some legal issue involved They are just cutting costs. Forums need moderators (I am one of them, lol), and businesses can't rely on volunteers for that. Expect them to open new forums whenever they need to push adoption of some new product, re-hiring mods as part of the budget for that push.