And why be hostile toward me?
You introduced the hostility to this thread. Instead of pointing out the valid concerns you had in a calm and reasonable way, you lashed out in anger.
We're volunteers. We like helping people. But if you abuse that by lashing out at us, you don't get to then turn around and question why we're hostile. Maybe we should be perfect and respond to everything in a calm and reasonable way, but sometimes we're human and unreasonable attitudes tick us off.
You, meaning those involved in running these sites, decided to hide some unpleasant history of these forums.
Where did you get the idea we were trying to hide "unpleasant history"? As Eabrace notes, the idea was to reduce clutter -- not hide skeletons.
And please don't fire back until I'm finished with my post. I've lost too many posts so I tend to post something short and then go back and edit on serious topics.
If you post it, it's fair game for someone to reply to. It's your responsibility to make sure your posts represent you well, not someone else's.
If you're worried about losing content, use Google Docs. It autosaves on every keystroke. Then copy-and-paste your post back when you're done.
Thank you for doing this so quickly. I appreciate it.
You're welcome.