The scuttlebutt is that founder has stated that he is doing away with the forums, and that he regrets having implemented them in the first place.
On the one hand, I can understand. The forums are a tinderbox of digital beefs, trolling, flame wars and the leftist violence in this country has often threatened to spill over from online fights into real world attacks. Several of us have had these threats made against us. The anonymity of the internet separates the words we type and ideas we express from the real, flesh & blood humans at either end of the web. Without online discussion boards, we would have had fewer ISIS-radicalized domestic terrorists, fewer online-radicalized LGBTQIA+ mass murderers and assassins, and fewer opportunities for people at either extreme end of the political spectrum to find a closed echo chambers where their fears and hatreds are echoed and amplified into horrible, real-world, carnage, murder, and pain.
On the other hand, there are some long-time members who have adopted TUSCL discussion boards as one of their primary social connections with other people. It is not as healthy as face-to-face interactions in offline social groups, but it is completely normal in 2025.
So, founder, am I spreading unfounded gossip (no pun intended), or are forums going away?
Fellow posters, how do you feel, and how do you think you would react to a more streamlined TUSCL experience without the discussion boards?

