I'll miss the old forum : I was a regular there for the past six or seven years and I'm a little sad to see it gone. I'll probably end up joining the new FB page despite my aversion to Facebook but it won't be exactly the same.
Still, I understand the decision : the SD forum had become a pretty slow place these past couple of years with many of the old faces no longer posting, and you could tell Steve's heart was no longer entirely in it.