Original ownership and moderation team all left the OV about 5-10 years ago — and they don’t still live in OH or WV, even. Diaspora across the country (NC, NV, SC.) Site was on a death spiral for years, partly due to general demographic issues and the issue of other local media / institutions evaporating as it related to high school sports.
The two guys who bought it had good intentions, but they lacked vision, savvy and awareness. The last two are big issues for a forum that was 10-15 years behind the discussion on the majority of topics, because talking in 2023/2024 requires a pulse on how people see things and how things are in 2023/2024, and the other crippling issue was how a forum can become an ancillary site for gossip and potential libel with regards to hyper-specific issues pertaining to schools east of the river (Park, Linsly etc.)