From eCommerceBytes.....

eBay discussion boards are down - and what's worse, trying to access them results in a long wait followed by being redirecting to the LiveWorld website. As we reported in May, eBay cancelled its contract with LiveWorld, and since then has migrated the discussion boards in Canada to its new platform provider, Lithium, with plans to roll out the rest of the international forums in the following weeks.

eBay's Director of Community Jeff Terrell told EcommerceBytes it was a "mutual parting" between eBay and LiveWorld, but this redirect, however unintentional and whose ever fault it may be, ultimately results in users being "hijacked" to LiveWorld.