I don't know what to do with my time now that this sub section is invisible...

That happened with the "Allegro Development" section too... Just relax and take it easy ... Matthew surely is doing maintenance.

thank you for easing my fears

Fear not. The spammer auto defense system leaves a few things in an inconsistent state right now, but it gets corrected by subsequent activity.

Eighty-seven casualties yesterday due to preemptive strikes. Damn the Philippines and their cheap spam labor.

What you need it this:
http://www.allegro.cc/forums/thread/608065

For me, the programming section just disappeared.

Where is the programming section?!! NO!! THE PROGRAMMING SECTION NO!! AWWW!! AWW!!! I'M GOING CRAZY!!!!!!!

You can still access each forum through the drop-down navigation system.

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