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[Maelstra]

Did the forum groups poof?

[Bat]

We recently decided to retire that portion of the site. Groups were frequently a target for spambots that spread links around vBulletin forums in order to increase exposure with search engines. Between that and the general lack of interest from our users, we felt that it was too much of a pain to continue moderating them.

[Digipoop]

Oh, I had this message pop up a few times, especially when someone linked old threads (I think). Always figured I just couldn't access because of rank.
Didn't know there were forum groups!

[Maelstra]

We recently decided to retire that portion of the site. Groups were frequently a target for spambots that spread links around vBulletin forums in order to increase exposure with search engines. Between that and the general lack of interest from our users, we felt that it was too much of a pain to continue moderating them.

oh.

I looked for announcement and didn't see one.