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Originally Posted by tompe
Yes, but not more than what all people contributing here gives. So I really do not like the viewpoint that one person own a forum or a mailing list and can decide whatever they want. Practically maybe one person can make decisions but the participants will leave if the decisions are bad and then it is not the same forum or the same mailing list.
If you started using the internet when News was what you used then it is totally natural that a forum or a mailing list belongs to all that participate. But I know that younger people sometimes take a different view on this.
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The people who participate on a forum or mailing list certainly make or break it. But when a forum is being paid for privately by the owner, as I believe is the case with MR, then personally I feel it belongs to them. And so long as they provide what the majority of forum visitors want, then it will continue to live. But if the person paying for it's existence decides that it is no longer worth their money, then that really is up to them.
(And I have been using the internet since pre-web days...)