Caveman, I agree. I would love to see the people on both forums united once again.

But I agree with everyone's points about the forums having seemingly irreconcilable differences at this point.
I still visit both forums, but I honestly have such a hard time physically looking at the AF style that it takes a lot of the enjoyment away from being there. And I like this community, here, the whole feeling of this place and the warmth of the people. My heart aches to know that what we had will never be as it once was. The two forums are run fundamentally differently now. I feel like I can trust this place. I don't feel that on AF anymore; anything can change at any moment, for any reason.
Aside from the forum differences, though, we *can* be a united community even in two places. It's all about the people. Where there's respect and understanding, we will be united in one community, regardless of where we spend most of our time online. I really feel that way. I think we need to hold that sense of community in our hearts, instead of focusing too much on physical location. Just my thoughts.