[WillowTheWhisp]

I've just come back off several weeks holiday and was sorry to see that Blackburn 24/7 had closed. I can understand your reason for it though. It is indeed very sad when people turn a local website into a personal forum for petty arguing and vendettas. I have seen things like that happen on AccyWeb but never known it get to the extent of people blackmailing the mods by threatening to get all their friends to boycott. If I were running a forum I'd be glad to see the back of people of that ilk anyway. Even if the membership ends up being small at least if it's friendly it's better to be small than huge and nasty.

I really don't understand why people feel that being behind a computer screen gives them a right to be offensive towards others. There is no such thing as 'free speech' if it contains insults and libel. People in the real world get sued for such behaviour and it shouldn't have to be tolerated in the virtual world either.

I know I haven't been on the Blackburn site much but I will still miss it. To me it was a place to communicate with people who might have more idea about what's happening in that town - like the Church Street demolition site for instance.

I shall be having a look on Facebook shortly.