Must we start to worry in what other ways pressure may be applied on Bitcointalk and its operators?
It's better to prepare and work on alternative solutions than to worry about this.There is nothing we can do since identity of bitcointalk owner is known publicly, and servers are located in his country.
I can understand theymos from this position, it was probably not an easy decision to make, but he just opened big can of worms and pandora box
On positive side, there will be a lot of space open for new and old campaigns to hire good quality members, so it's not the end of the world (yet).
Thats the thing, I would rather the Forum to continue operating at the expense of advertising
Mixers.
Its a sad thing thats happening given that mixing Bitcoin is to us normal and a very
important tool to have at our disposal, this doesnt change from the 1st of Jan though.
We can all still talk about mixing coins but in the same vain as Harry Potter and
"he who must not be named"