Farewell...

[Rob]

As someone who's added to your stress since the site started, with several warnings to my name, can I sincerely apologise. It wasn't my intention of course. I'm an argumentative bugger and a place like this where people's opinions will sometimes clash is likely to make me worse, but I'm gutted if that has been to the detriment of your mental health.

You've got nothing to apologise for... mistakes were made in the early days, you learnt from them, we moved on. It's not your fault that the forum is closing. I'd say exactly who it was, but I'm the better person...

Anyway, thanks for the kind words everyone. Just over a month to go, let's make it a good one.

Without knowing the full ins and outs of what happened to Rob, it’s hard to know what kind of measures might be appropriate, but the last thing anyone wants is for someone else to become the target of bullies, and another forum to end up closing after a short period. I don’t want to put you or anyone else off launching a new forum, but please look at how to protect yourself.

I concur. Please think very carefully before considering setting up a replacement forum.