Posted By:
Andy BaranElliot,
I have sat by silently (which is extremely difficult for me) as I have watched this board deteriorate. As you know, I am a big fan of the board, and spend way too much time on it. I was hoping that the issues would resolve themself. Rather than that positive outcome, we are starting to lose regular posters, who are also good people. Meanwhile, people of questionable character continue to post offensive remarks. I am not in any way criticizing your work here. In fact, you have done an admirable job. People need to be responsible for their own actions. It is one thing to have a disagreement (like Jay and I recently did), but the content does not need to become a personal attack. You should not have to waste your personal time editing and deleting posts. I know that is not what you signed up for when you started this page. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN.
Here is what I propose. Is there a way to keep this board up, but change it so that you need to be a registered user, with a real name and verified e-mail address? If so, rather than having to edit/delete offensive posts, you can just ban the offender. I know to some this may sound like censorship, but I look at it this way: It should be a privilage to participate in a board of experts like this. Abuse that privilege, and LOSE IT. If we continue to lose some of the personalities of this board, the board will lose some of it's value to the hobby.
Do others agree?