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Why is it that everyone seems to be obsessed with "the way things used to be"? First and foremost, let me state for the record that I wish there was more traffic here like there was when I first joined.
That aside, I'm still not convinced there's any systemic problem with the overall board. Do I wish certain individuals would post more or less or in some cases come back? Absolutely. Do some threads devolve into sniping and name calling? Of course. Whenever anyone can post semi-anonymously, that's always going to happen.
There's plenty of intelligent discussion going on at TFP, and I see it every day. There certainly needs to be more of it, and, IMO, if anything needs to be done, it's in adding more intelligent voices to the mix. This place isn't for everyone, and one of the things I like about it is that it's a lot like my college experience - a bunch of very disimilar people all thrown together who's only common trait was their intelligence and location.
Stan, I sort of understand where you're coming from with some of your objections, but I really wish someone would point out systemic examples of "heavy-handed moderation" or a general "lack of civil conversation". I can find individual examples of each, but those seem pretty few and far between to me.
This is the third time I've posted in this thread (I think), and I still have yet to receive any sort of satisfactory answer on any sort of real problem. Maybe I'm too dense to see it, and maybe I'm asking in the same manner as Daoust did in chat, but I really don't any problem besides attracting not only people but the right kind of people.
All this leaves aside the question of money and time spent moderating this place. Those don't seem relavent to the greater issue.
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