đź’” An Important Announcement: Winding Down the Website and Community

It is with a heavy heart and deep regret that we must share some difficult news with our loyal readers and community: this website will be officially closing and taken offline at the end of the year, December 31, 2025.

A Passion Project's Journey
Many of you will remember that this site was born during the initial, uncertain days of the COVID-19 pandemic. What started as a personal project—a way to channel unexpected downtime into a comprehensive resource for men's underwear and clothing reviews—quickly grew into something far more meaningful.

Our mission was simple: to offer honest, detailed, and independent reviews based on firsthand experience. The goal of producing YouTube content that men could rely on before making their shopping decisions was a true source of pride, and we are incredibly grateful for the viewership and trust you placed in those videos. Seeing the community grow and knowing we were helping men make informed choices was the greatest reward.

The Challenge of Closure
The decision to close was not made lightly; in fact, it was a very tough one. However, as the world has returned to a busy post-pandemic pace, so too has my own life. Maintaining the quality and frequency of content this community deserves has become increasingly challenging. Furthermore, the level of engagement and interaction has naturally tapered off since the site's peak.

Ultimately, the difficult realization was that to honor the spirit of the project, it was time to bring it to a respectful close.

What This Means for You
Immediate Action: Effective immediately, we will no longer be accepting any new registrations to the site.
Content Preservation: If there are any specific reviews, articles, guides, or videos you wish to save for future reference, we strongly encourage you to download or archive that content before the end of 2025, when the site will be permanently deleted.

We want to sincerely thank every single one of you who registered, commented, watched a video, or shared a review. Your support transformed a solitary pandemic project into a vibrant community.

Thank you for being part of this journey.

With immense gratitude and sadness,

George

Wearviews Chat - Privacy policy

This policy explains in detail how “Wearviews Chat” along with its affiliated companies (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our”, “Wearviews Chat”, “https://chat.wearviews.com”) and phpBB (hereinafter “they”, “them”, “their”, “phpBB software”, “www.phpbb.com”, “phpBB Limited”, “phpBB Teams”) use any information collected during any session of usage by you (hereinafter “your information”).

Your information is collected via two ways. Firstly, by browsing “Wearviews Chat” will cause the phpBB software to create a number of cookies, which are small text files that are downloaded on to your computer’s web browser temporary files. The first two cookies just contain a user identifier (hereinafter “user-id”) and an anonymous session identifier (hereinafter “session-id”), automatically assigned to you by the phpBB software. A third cookie will be created once you have browsed topics within “Wearviews Chat” and is used to store which topics have been read, thereby improving your user experience.

We may also create cookies external to the phpBB software whilst browsing “Wearviews Chat”, though these are outside the scope of this document which is intended to only cover the pages created by the phpBB software. The second way in which we collect your information is by what you submit to us. This can be, and is not limited to: posting as an anonymous user (hereinafter “anonymous posts”), registering on “Wearviews Chat” (hereinafter “your account”) and posts submitted by you after registration and whilst logged in (hereinafter “your posts”).

Your account will at a bare minimum contain a uniquely identifiable name (hereinafter “your user name”), a personal password used for logging into your account (hereinafter “your password”) and a personal, valid email address (hereinafter “your email”). Your information for your account at “Wearviews Chat” is protected by data-protection laws applicable in the country that hosts us. Any information beyond your user name, your password, and your email address required by “Wearviews Chat” during the registration process is either mandatory or optional, at the discretion of “Wearviews Chat”. In all cases, you have the option of what information in your account is publicly displayed. Furthermore, within your account, you have the option to opt-in or opt-out of automatically generated emails from the phpBB software.

Your password is ciphered (a one-way hash) so that it is secure. However, it is recommended that you do not reuse the same password across a number of different websites. Your password is the means of accessing your account at “Wearviews Chat”, so please guard it carefully and under no circumstance will anyone affiliated with “Wearviews Chat”, phpBB or another 3rd party, legitimately ask you for your password. Should you forget your password for your account, you can use the “I forgot my password” feature provided by the phpBB software. This process will ask you to submit your user name and your email, then the phpBB software will generate a new password to reclaim your account.