So it seems that right now the FA forums are being restored and moved to a new server (I don't know why they need yet another server, or maybe they're using an existing one). I'm guessing that the reason the forums were down so long was to contain the resulting shitstorm over the whole affair to somewhere more manageable like Dragoneer's journals where they could be pruned by deletion, instead of a free-for-all on the forums. Maybe they thought that if they kept the forums offline for long enough, the hurricane of drama and suckitude would have died down. Hell, just the Chewfox ordeal brought the site to it's knees. This affair would have knocked out the power grid in the state where they're hosted.
If they could harness furry drama as energy, it'd beat fusion hands down. Just imagine the power of all those flabby hot-dog fingers furiously banging away on keyboards.