Where did you get the idea that the forum itself was decentralized?
From the various actions and inactions, in the various suggestions and modifications that have slowly come by, the bans and unbans of certain users, you ought to have known that this forum has a government, it’s very much centralized. It is a Bitcoin discussion from and not Bitcoin itself. A centralized system that works for a Decentralized project.

This is why, I very much try to make people understand that, Decentralized systems aren’t here to kick Centralized systems out but, to work in conjunction as complementary to the other and that’s just the best form you can have it. Monopoly isn’t always a good idea for a field.

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Mean while, it’s such a hard decision to have been made on Mixers. Something I can’t accept or reject in its wholesomeness but understand why and how it came to be. Trying to set a clear path and ensure the continued existence of the forum, given that, this forum is governed by known people and hosted by a known system which could be affected by regulations in the worst case scenario.
Not so many want to be out there, standing for a course just because, the T&C has said this or that in separating the owner from certain wrong use of the services.
By far, mixers does nothing in just making traces untraceable. It’s the service they render, they never sourced for scammed coins neither are they in the line of business to ask questions or keep logs. They just mix and it seems justifiable, even the terms of service clearly separates them from any of such illegal usage but,
Has that been able to save the ones that stood out and got bigger, I suppose not.

Now, having the forum tangled in all cases that comes up and dies out over time will definitely drag more attention to the forum as a target being, a fertile land where the vegetative stage of these platforms is been grown.

Still, privacy remains an integral part of the cryptocurrency industry and having to see this service out…! I don’t know but, it’s such a hard decision to come by and I’m sure it’s the same even for Theymos.