bowlofspinach says:
And neither of those solutions is the one I'm arguing against
If I may ask, what is the solution you're arguing against? The hiding of forums? Just to clarify, because I'm genuinely not sure and probably missing the context.
And you mentioned that the consensus was not to implement it, but in all Nope threads about game retirement or snoozing I found it was more like "there is no clear consesus" or "old branch, no longer discussing", not a negative consensus... Was there a vote somewhere outside the site, like on Discord? (Aside from the advent vote.)
You know I respect your opinion, I wouldn't want to push something that you don't like with my requests - and I probably can solve it for myself at the end of the day. :D It is just an inconvenience, after all.
Also, I don't like the idea of GM rights transfer, for the same reasons as vagueGM mentioned. I mean, it's alright on its own, but it won't solve this specific problem for me because I wouldn't want to use it and get stuck as a GM of a game I never ran.