Quote Originally Posted by Aravell View Post
Everyone's in favour of heavy moderation thinking that all the trolls will be gone, until one day you or your friend is hit with a permanent ban for a minor offence. Best be careful what you wish for.
I been on these forums since 2.X and that's exactly what happened back then. There was a boycott of the forums back then over it cause people's friends were getting banned. I remember there being a couple people who were getting 20 - 30 likes per post, and for lack of a better term, had simps following them. Then one day they got banned for reasons that were never really made aware. Then it happened to two or three more equally fan favorited people and then the forums started to not be taken as seriously after that. The forum echo chamber has always been here, it's just shifted into other directions over the years. But back when we did have moderation, there were other problems with the forums we were dealing with.