Another swimming forum, which had run for 13 years and had a lot of knowledge (and I was banned after my thread on finding swim club derailed), was closed down this month due to the lack of traffic.
I have just found out that this forum has got new software and a swimming section on addition to the main triathlon one, and there have been a good volume of activity. I wish we can continue our discussion of swimming here in the traditional, clutter free web, easily searchable by Google and without algorithms deciding the content for us.
Btw I have signed up for another channel swim this year and hopefully I will do well.