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Eratosphere used to distinguish itself from an online publishing site by pruning the critical threads on a monthly basis. That does call for a little time and trouble on the part of the administrator. I no longer post my poems here for critique because I no longer control the pruning and nobody else does it.
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Yikes!
I wish threads were pruned after a WEEK of inactivity. Usually you get all the comments you need within the first two or three days.
Lo, I don't understand your objection. Editors can be members too, and they can send PMs to solicit poems (I've had that happen a couple of times). Making the board "private" doesn't mean "invitation only," it just means people have to log in to view the threads. And since Google can't log in, it wouldn't be able to archive the threads.
It would be a real shame if online workshopping became a serious bar to publication. Not everyone has access to live workshops. And for many members, sites like this are educational. Not everyone gets to "study under" Robert Penn Warren at Yale, but anyone can register here and learn a thing or two from Tim Murphy. If anything, the world of poetry needs more back entrances, not fewer.