Time will tell for sure. I'm on fsm daily and missed the ruckus. The departure of the website and forum was news to me. All I saw was the magazine announcement until the Saturday one.
Thinly veiled sarcasm. Maybe, but some of us hoped for the best. SAE was directly responsible for me getting back into the hobby in 92, and the forum was the first I joined. I am deeply saddened to see all of it gone.