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As others have said they bought it as part of a package with some other sites. Probably thought this place was just an archaic version of GameSpot and didnt realize that there even was social boards.

Then some pencil pushing suit was made aware of the political discussion and ass topics etc and freaked out about what advertisers would think if they saw CE.

Youll note that most of the mods seem to be against these changes, and DToast didnt make the announcement himself. Its all a money thing at this point. CNET didnt care about the bottom line. Fandom does.