Some forums have a comparatively small community of regulars, in my view. It might be nice for the communities to grow more, have additional perspectives and experiences shared, and opportunities to expand online friendships. If Healthline keeps a forum, more participants can equal a great variety of topics/questions. That in my book would be greater diversity. It's not a "bad" thing.

If you go to the main Forum index, you can see that at any given time there are often more than a 100 viewing certain forums. And yet, there are far far from even 50 visiting on a regular basis. Obviously, there are always lurkers who never want to officially join, but getting more participants from those views is a nice thing and usually the website owner's goal. Healthline surely has a much further reach than PC does. Chances are, there would be more visitors. Whether or not some current members of PC would like the extra (new) people, is TBD. And let me be clear (opening phrase a la Kamala): Diversity is not just about countries. Again, what I'm describing relates more to ways of thinking, experiences, needs, and much more.

I am pretty sure Healthline won't keep future forums looking exactly as they currently do. I realize that may not suit all current members here, but c'est la vie. We must all move with the times.

I think DocJohn likely made a very good choice on this. As I wrote earlier, I also like Healthline's approach and purpose.