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Re: Original Fourms
Here is the announcement for that archived on https://duolingo.hobune.stream/ They never actually gave a reason. Perhaps to be child-safe, only display positive comments, because they wanted revamp their website...
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I'd guess it was mainly about potential legal liability - the possibility of somebody using the fora to do something illegal, or somebody suing for damages because of something that happened on the fora. etc. etc.
Lawyers and accountants and insurers don't like too many unpredictable variables.
I'd further guess that most specialised chat/fora firms such as facebook or whatever are now more like huge legal firms which use tech, rather than huge tech firms which use lawyers.
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Re: Original Fourms
Hi, I think you've heard that "money makes the world go round" and I think it was about savings!
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