[Matto]

He did post less often at TD once he had his own forum to look after, but he remained a member in good standing almost until the closing of TD.  There seems to have been some sort of problem in the last week or so of TD's activity, but since the forum is closed now it is not possible to see what that was.

I remember the problem. Voxx got a temp ban but the forum closed before the ban was over I believe. I originally said what the problem was but then edited this post because I decided it was best left unsaid now that the forum is gone.

[Jaynek]

I remember the problem. Voxx got a temp ban but the forum closed before the ban was over I believe. I originally said what the problem was but then edited this post because I decided it was best left unsaid now that the forum is gone.

It is very easy for a thread like this to cross the line from legitimate interest in a matter that affects oneself to gossip.  I think that, at this point, pretty much anything else is best left unsaid.

If anyone has something that he really feels he needs to add to this thread, please do your best to ensure that it is accurate.  Don't post half-remembered details, especially when they might not even be about the people under discussion. Don't speculate or make assumptions. Only write what is true and necessary.

My last few posts on this thread went beyond what I believe is reasonable to discuss, but I figured it was better for me to post the truth than to leave inaccurate material unchallenged.

[LaramieHirsch]

I didn't participate too often on Te Deum.  Though, I sort of wish it was back up so I could collect my messages.  Same for other forums I've been banned from.

Though there's other options, Cathinfo is likely the last forum I'll be involved with.  I've gotten an e-mail directing me to the emergency auxiliary forum that the Te Deum community supposedly went to, but I will not activate myself there.  

So I do hope that Matt does a good job keeping it up and fighting the good fight on his battlefronts. 

[LaramieHirsch]

WAIT A MINUTE.   :o

This is just wild speculation, but I just had a thought just now.  

Consider this.  Te Deum is brought down somehow.  Fisheaters is going through some kind of a weird thing.

Do you guys think that there's a concerted effort to go after online Catholic communities by various modernist forces, in order to tear down our networks?  

[Jaynek]

Do you guys think that there's a concerted effort to go after online Catholic communities by various modernist forces, in order to tear down our networks?  

No.  There is no evidence at all to support this.  Te Deum was, beyond reasonable doubt, closed by the decision of its owner.  Reliable sources (TD moderators) have said that the only person who could have put the forum into "Maintenance Mode" is the owner.

The recent changes on Fisheaters appear to be a new format that they are calling Fisheaters 3.0.  As well as a new look, links to FE (eg. from here or from Google Advanced Search) now take one to the home page rather than the designated link. While this may seem weird, these changes were almost certainly made by the owner.

The only likely connection that I can imagine between CI and FE is that the owner of Fisheaters may have seen that Matthew had improved CI with format changes and was inspired to make some on her own forum.  But it is just as possible that made her decision independently.