A few days ago when the site went down for maintenance, Ed posted a notice at the top of the Forum about it. He also added a note about some dissatisfied comments he had just read on the Forum (he does not normally read the Forum): He wrote that if the site users find the Forum useful, he will maintain it as a service; if they don't find it useful, he will just close it. I know Ed from my time as a Mod on this site and my interpretation of his note is that he doesn't give a shit about the contents of the Forum (the relies on his Mods to remove the most extreme stuff). Ed is basically a good guy, a little laid back, can be impulsive at times (delete posts); his attitude is "laissez-faire" until it's no longer "laissez-faire" and he starts deleting.