I think the original idea was to not only tell people they'll go to hell because they once wore two different kinds of fabric at the same time but to also sell them absolution before their death. Just consider it a business model.
Dude, calm down. It's just a discussion. Just give us an example of how I could see somebody's eyes in a mirror without them seeing my eyes and we'll all be amazed at how you were right all along.
So you spend your free time writing a cli tool to plan how you could run a few kilometres, play tennis or learn foreign languages instead of spending your time on weird niche programming projects? I love it.
If you host a forum, you can easily access the database to move threads into some kind of archive if you no longer want to host it. It could also be moved to another server. Stuff like that.
Using a proprietary service instead is just a bad idea.
Great, now I've got tea on my sweater...
This really caught me by surprise.