My guess is that the forum ranks fairly low in HJ's list of priorities. Being an enthusiast himself he likes it and has encouraged it, but I don't think he always has time to scan it fully himself, and I doubt if on its own it is a big earner. This is all surmise however.
Unlike some others I don't mind a wide variety of poster types and am fairly tolerant of a measure of rudeness and bad language, while understanding that sensitive plants and people of very sheltered upbringing are, or pretend to be, shocked by such things. So I don't give a damn about people who can't spell or punctuate if what they say has some interest, and being choleric myself am not surprised when people get angry and return insult for insult.
I didn't always agree with the HJ moderators but on the whole they seemed well-meaning and ran a decent shop. I look forward to the site's return with interest.
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