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[Melissa Draper]

Adam Smith wrote:
>> At UDS earlier this month, there were discussions about the Forum
>> Governance. The discussions related to the management of the forums and
>> at one point some people were wondering how quickly they could start up
>> a replacement, due to the behaviour of certain people.
>>
>> Aside from this, there has been issues with the forums for months, most
>> notably in the attitudes that certain prominent forums people decided to
>> display, in spite of the fact that Canonical funds their existance.
>>
>> Although there are discussions and have been some changes, I am not yet
>> personally convinced of the stability of the situation. Hence my comment.
>>
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> I think you know more about that than me. Whilst I know there have been
> problems, and honestly I bow to your knowledge on this one, but given
> the stats keep going up and up, I can't see them dying any time soon. As
> I understood (some of) it was really down to transitional issues, in
> that Cannonical didn't always fund their existence, and so arguably
> didn't fund their growth, hence a transitional power struggle of sorts.
> Plus ongoing issues relating to free speech and censorship which crop up
> from time to time. Anyway, like I said you know more about that than me.
>
> Adam
>   

What you have described there is the tip of the iceburg.