There have been a lot of deliberately inflamitory threads that have started up recently. Im not going to name names of course but we really need to clamp down on these types of threads for the good of the forum. These threads are really damaging the livliness and vitality of the forum and they act like a cancer, the more that pop up the more they incite others to do the same in retaliation.
The forums here are a big part of the site, they are visible on the front page and these threads REALLY do nothing but damage the quality and reputation of this site. Any first time visitor to this site could really be left with the impression that this is a fanboy hellhole and that is a tragedy because it really undermines the good work a lot of the people here do to produce those numbers.
We've had a thread recently about praise we recieved from a wallstreet analyst and yes there was a lot of well deserved back-slapping but at the same time many of those same users act in a way that damages the well earnt respect that our weekly numbers here generates. We've all seen and some of us have laughed at OTHER sites that are fanboy hellholes, yet right now people could laugh at this site for the same reason.
I believe that the moderators do a great job walking a fine line so I don't begrudge them for the current situation on the forum. I propose that you* should close threads quickly when their end result is obvious and I believe that the moderators should be given a wider range of powers to deal with problems apropriately rather than having to resort to banning users all the time. I don't want them to be on the recieving end of flack for just doing their job. I think having more tools - such as removing thread posting priveledges, limiting the ability to post new threads until a certain number of posts are made/reviewing new threads made by new users before they are allowed to be posted are great ways of controling the problems.
Im not posting this from a position of being a saint, I have made posts recently that have deserved having me banned. I am ashamed for helping fuel some of the problems that I complain about here, but I think people here are getting sick and tired of this constant stupid warfare. Its the personal attacks and the threads made to cause offence that really need to stop.
Sorry this is long and thanks for your time.
Tease.
