Seemed to require more and more staff involvement.
Those days were wilder and woolier than these, and MSNBCs board went from Space to Nuts. There was no revenue in the boards, only expense and the risk of liability so they wisely shut down their involvement.
It was a great experiment, one of many in those years, and people were doing with the internet what they could. Adding a Board was something which could be done, so was. A seed planted, is it were, which took maintenance and fertilizer, took up room, and bore no fruit.
Understandably for them the plant wasn't the issue, the fruit was.
Arf