Originally Posted by smallblock  I just noticed that the Smithy forum on Delphi is gone- Anyone have any info? |
Delphi lost a lot of people when they started charging a fee for various grades of service. Other places like the Rec.metalworking had no moderators, so they got taken over by a lot of off topic stuff and people lost interest. I think the commercial forums like this one have moved in to fill those voids. The advertisers pay enough so that the moderators can keep the loonies under control.