17th October 2004, 8:11 PM
A Black Falcon Wrote:Well for one thing a lot of forums try to keep threads on topic... with moderation and such things... so it's harder to have stuff go off topic as frequently and dramatically as it so often does here... :)
Well it's not like we have no moderation. Hell, most of the regulars here are Choujins or Sennins, it's just that none of us really give a crap what goes on in our forums. Hell, I'm the moderator of the Debate Forum here, and also an administrator, and I can't remember the last time I used my powers.
Forums with too many rules and too much moderation aren't any fun. I used to go to one that was absolutely despotic in the way they ran the place. They'd ban people for stupid reasons, CLOSE threads if they strayed off-topic, even slightly. Sure, rules are fine, but if you're forced to monitor what your posting for fear of being banned, it's no fun at all, and it makes oyu not want to go there.
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