Why was the legal assistance category removed

[MutantAndProud]

DU is a much smaller community than it used to be as of this latest version. Does anyone have any comment on that or the reduced categories for conversations like legal etc

[Ocelot II]

1. DU is a message board. It shouldn't be offering legal advice,

and by having a legal assistance forum, that's what it could be assumed to be doing. If you need legal advice you should see a lawyer. Same goes for medical advice - don't look for it on the internet.

[MutantAndProud]

2. Partially understandable

Obviously the internet is not a good primary resource for advice but it can be useful for connections that can themselves give advice. Liability issues then? I seem to recall the disclaimer being sufficient before the category elimination

[EarlG]

3. I don't recall ever having a legal assistance forum

This is the current list of active forums:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forums

This is the list of retired forums:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1317&sort=name

Which forum are you thinking of?

[MutantAndProud]

4. Oh that's useful

Perhaps I’ve mapped the legal questions people have asked in the past ~20 years onto the actual sub-forum names which didn’t ever include that… I’ve said to others in the past I have a -nearly- photographic memory but transposition errors and the like are absolutely a thing.

Thank you for weighing in (and the forum support generally, this place has been a major source of invisible support.)