Did anyone notice that one of the biggest online (Australian) sporting and racing forums was closed down this week ????

Evidently they were unable to control litigious posts from their contributers.It was a fun forum with a lot of over-the-top jousting between posters.

It wasn't the ribald comments that bothered the owners,that was water off a frogs back.What did concern them was continual adverse references to individuals and other businesses.

At times in here I resent the jackboot type of censorship from the management,but I do enjoy this forum and would hate to see it closed down.

After seeing what "can" happen I am prepared to be a little more tolerant and a bit less critical of the owners of this site.

yes. and i am ****ed off

i was a constant poster on that site, and amongst the crap there was a lot of good stuff. *****

Another thing annoying about it was that it doesn't look like our World Cup will get back running due to the closure of the forums. It was a fantastic comp.

Its unfortunate that the forums like Cricket and Rugby Union/League had to be shut down as well, despite them doing nothing wrong

Still, at least the NRL Dream Team is still running. I'm coming 26th out of 30,000 in that - so at least the last good thing about the site is still there

I think there is a chance that the forums will be up and running soon....it mentions it on the website, so its a chance that they may be doing this just to tidy things up a bit, and possibly get rid of the bad posters forever.

Could you give me a clue as to the forum concerned thanks guys, without directly naming it of course?

www. the thing loved by all australians whether it be cricket, rugby, racing etc. followed by what paul simon wanted us to call him .com.au

Thanks chuck. Must admit it is not a forum I have ever looked at.

The racing section has been a bit dead for years hasn't it?