After MathHelpBoards (www.mathhelpboards.com ) was established the former site came back online under new ownership. The new owner moved it to a new server and reorganised it to his liking. Discussions over a potential merger between the new owner and leading members MHB did not lead anywhere so both sites continue in existence. The new owner has in the past made zero contribution to the work of the site, and has little idea how it used to be run.
The former site has the advantage of a higher position in any Google search for maths help, but retains fewer of the former regulars. MHBs has the advantage of a large number of experienced helpers. As a result the former site has a larger number of new posts per day, but also a large number of unanswered or slowly answered posts. MHB has a smaller number of new posts per day but few go unanswered for very long and is better moderated.
If I were in the business of making predictions I would expect both sites to remain in business for some time with the same relative traffic levels, but the former site will probably fail in the longer term when the new owner loses interest.
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