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I just sent the following email to David Pogue (BCC to joemikeb and tacit):

Dear Mr. Pogue,

I have been a long-time poster at the now-defunct MacFixit Forums. In case you are not aware of the situation, CNET (which owns MacFixit) decided to shut the forums down so that their own CNET forums could absorb the traffic and presumably make money for them. The regular posters and all the administrators and moderators at MFIF rejected this move for reasons that you can read at http://archive.macfixitforums.com/ by going to the appropriate CNET forums and perusing the responses. The direct link is http://tr.im/vKqb but I am finding that the pages tend to load slowly. In addition, if you look at threads in The Lounge you'll see other comments. The direct link is http://tr.im/vKqw

In response to CNET's move, MFIF has been resurrected in record time as http://www.finetunedmac.com/forums/ and it has all the regulars, administrators and moderators. Since this is a startup site (as of just a few days ago), it is not yet widely known. MFIF had a well-deserved reputation as THE premier place for advice and troubleshooting regarding Mac computers. FineTunedMac will be equally good because the same people are there. CNET claims that its site is even better but, in fact, it is poorly designed, has outdated software and difficult to use.

I am writing this to ask if you could mention FTM in your weekly column in the New York Times and also to ask if you could cite it in your upcoming Mac books (and, by the way, I'm looking forward to buying the Snow Leopard edition of the Missing Manual series; this is a shameless bribe, of course!). I have no financial stake in this nor am I employed by FTM. I am simply a Mac enthusiast who enjoys learning about Macs and also enjoys helping people.

Thank you for your time.

Very truly yours,
Jonathan M. Chuzi

Pogue has responded to me in the past about another issue so we'll see if anything comes of this. He has a wide readership so I thought that this was worth a try.