Can somebody please explain why this is the case ? People are invited to join Beta and to post in those forums. Yet as soon as the Beta ended so did the access, there was so much within those forums that I and quite possibly many others wanted to read.

Maybe this was explained earlier ....... Sorry if that is the case.

my guess is because they get what they need and close it down. less to monitor and easier to just get to work on whats important. those forums are not for people to chat, they are supposed to be for feedback

The beta program forum is only available during the beta, as the forum accounts are linked to your username.

Anyone who would like to provide additional feedback should have received a survey questionnaire sent to the email they used to sign up. If you participated in the beta but did not receive this, feel free to submit a help ticket here: http://help.elderscrollsonline.com/app/ask

Right now the beta forums are more for the devs than the posters. They need the feedback; discussion between posters, not so much.