The true problem is capping replies and topics to something like 1000 characters, was it?

People need to post two-three times just to get a lengthy topic started with all the information they were trying to convey. Ofcourse following that, people do have to be picky and decide which they want to respond (read: troll) to or which to ignore due to the current mechanics.

It's not stopping anything. I've not gotten one serious reply that wasnt sarcastic or trolling on these boards in, ever. And that's with the current restrictions in play. They should just hire someone to keep an eye on the boards and actually moderate it, removing bad posts or even bad people. Their current idea for forum moderation only seems to encourage blatant trolling and hate-responses :/