I have noticed that the Sun-Times seems to have a very strict paywall these days and that’s relatively new. I wonder if they’ve turned off their comments section as well.
Let’s hope that we continue to fly under the radar, I imagine The Straight Dope name still has a bit of value left. Plus, the strict moderation on the board has made sure it’s not a cesspool of spam or other racist/sexist/homophobic comments like I saw too often on the IMDB boards
I see no reason to assume our demise is imminent. After all, there are far more entertainment options than there used to be, but books and board games are going strong. Just because Twitter, Facebook and Reddit exist is no reason our little text-based discussion corner needs to be shuffled off on the next ice floe. Of course things will change, always, and just because it doesn’t have to die doesn’t mean some random circumstances won’t cause whoever owns this place to kill it off at some point. I just don’t see the inevitability others here see.