Do you or anyone else also think that the frequent attack on the forum then that made the forum to go offline often was because of the presence of the mixers. Who knows if FBI or any other related bodies were monitoring or bombing the forum. After mixers ban, I don't think the forum has gone offline for a minute.
In my observation, the attack was still there after the ban of mixers but only reduced and we've not seen such an offline period where no one couldn't access the forum for hours due to attacks. But who knows what we can experience tomorrow? The system security is also being upgraded daily. We will be fine.
Regardless of whether the mixer is contributory or not, the decision to let it go is a positive one for the forum. We now have the rest of minds from the authorities.