"The problem with that point of view Deecy is just this. SM had forums at CP where problems were brought to their attention and instead of resolving them or attempting to resolve them, they closed their forums. Now they want to come here and silence complaints on forums they don't even run, and that's just wrong."

I will admit that I didn't go to CP a lot. But I do have to comment on that.

You see that little line at the very top of the screen here that reports the number of users online here?  Most times that I come in here, the number is WELL OVER 3000 people at a time.

Now ... whenever I found my way to the Content Paradise forums I took a look at the number of users online there at any given time.  Usually it was somewhere between 30 and 60 people. I think the "most users online" was a figure under 500 if I remember correctly (and that either related to a software release, or some skuttlebut about Apollo Max LOL).  BUT ... if the average amount of traffic there was only one or two percent of the traffic here, would it make sense to keep it open?

So ... the Content Paradise forums were a resource that wasn't being used that much as far as I can see, and when it WAS used, it did have a very high signal to noise ratio. In a way, I can understand in part why it was closed, though it's unfortunate. Had it had better community support, though, things might have been different. Who knows.