I hope that a gaggle of the webmasters will reconsider their former conduct and recognise that some of their responses and behaviours were disproportionate, indeed tantamount to bullying. I suggest that they were particularly harsh in their responses to those outside the USA. For example, one should not be banned or receive points for reminding people that Scotland and Wales are countries within the U.K., not states, or for pointing out a typographical error in a Dreams advert. I would argue for an amnesty, allowing participants formerly banned from the forum to rejoin and be welcomed. The Dis should draw a clear line between historic and future conduct and needs to be, and be seen to be, open and transparent, if they wish to survive.
The young men and women who have chosen to share their stories are extremely brave, but I think now is the time for them to consult lawyers and be guided by them, rather than publish anything that PW or others could use against them in any future legal proceedings.