sleeper;411423 wrote:It's text on an internet forum. Does it really need to be that strict? Obviously there's a line, such as threats, but censoring people is beyond stupid. Now its your forum sure, but that kind of logic is a cop out.
Unfortunately people are too stupid to operate without it. JJ had the unmoderated politics forum and it was impossible to even have a conversation because it just turned into a 5th grade bitch fight, name calling match.
Now, unfortunately it's almost impossible to have a conversation here simply because of the makeup of the board. The bulk of the heavy posters lean WAY right (and the board is made up of probably 75% right to begin with), so it's basically just a back patting, circle jerking bitch session. When I do post over there I generally don't even go back and read the responses because there's no point... I pretty much know who will post and what they will say. I just say my peace and leave, just leaving my little bit of wisdom for them to chew on.
That's no one's fault, that is just how the cards fell with who decided to post there. LJ does a good of job as he can, and the moderating is the reason at least a few of the threads have some meaningful dialogue, as opposed to none of them.