People are free to use whatever sites they want and have nothing to fear from here for doing so. This has always been the case and will always be the case.
We are not even 'afraid' of linking to other sites and have included links to other forums as well as many other exJW sites (some of which also contain forums).
However, I don't see why I should tollerate people making insulting and sometimes threatening posts elsewhere against me or my family (as has been done in the past on similar sites with some of the same people) and allow them to continue to use my site (esp. when all they want to do is advertise their own forum where they are putting us down).
A lot of what is written is utter drivel. For instance, they will claim that people are deleted for posting elsewhere (they aren't) or that we haven't allowed some topics because of fictitious reasons when the reality is that some people who are putting a lot of work in the legal avenues against the WTS have requested it (and some who want to profit out of selling things or self-promote want the publicity regardless of what is better for the bigger picture).