the main reason behind the boards closing was cost, no doubt.
im sure any company would loooove to have a message board runnin (modelled after the beautiful dcmbs, natch). but... they're frickin expensive. not so much the program, but the bandwith the program brings.
message boards bring web traffic and web traffic brings huge bills -- in an average week, the dcmbs are visited, oh, say 500,000 times. dc pays a hefty several thousand bucks per month to keep the forums active.
"wull why cant i post about my brand new motorcycle on the boards??!"
cuz dc dudnt wanna pay for your advertisements, y'little ungreatful shit!
yeah.
