[redwitch]

We’ve always had at least one poster who had to be negative and, yes, frequently nasty. The political forum couldn’t be civil if it tried. As to it being meaner now that in the past, sometimes, yes. Sometimes the same as always. People who make personal attacks should have more than their post deleted — they should have a suspension and three suspensions equals a permanent banning.

One thing I have come to hate is the anonymity of the moderators here. They make arbitrary decisions and we have no recourse but to abide with locked threads and deleted posts. Sometimes a thread going off topic is a good, fun thing. Things are stopped, deleted much too quickly here. Being anonymous gives a moderator too much power.

I’ve been a moderator on other forums. We publicly acknowledged we were moderators. We also posted as members. There was never an issue.

I agree there should be some sort of limit on ads — classified ads to a certain dollar amount, everything being sold under one ad. Sponsors should be limited to ads, not starting threads that are actually ads.