Quote Originally Posted by Arcon View Post
I doubt anyone but trolls feel like that. I really wish mods would keep a closer eye on some topics. Sometimes flagging posts isn't ideal, because a single post isn't that bad, but if you take the whole thread, it's one giant derailed chronology of a flame war between two or more parties.
Better than moderation is just allowing people to ignore other users, meaning let people create their own blacklists so they never have to see posts from people they don't like. I would prefer that, because oftentimes a thread I'm interested in (even if I'm not posting in it) will be deleted and that makes me mad. It happens in moderated chatrooms on IRC sometimes, too I'll be chatting with someone who is being "abusive" toward me, but I don't mind...and a channel op kicks the person out of the channel when I wasn't even offended. So if someone cusses me out on this board, I don't want the thread closed and I don't want his post deleted. I want *honest communication*, and moderators prevent that.