I've been banned before, so there is moderation here. That ban was for a typo when I mentioned shinobi, but there was a 't' between the i and n, which tells me I don't have a lot of friends here either and it was reported; so I also don't think they're bots.

I've been part of other discussion forums that were heavily moderated and threads were locked, posts deleted, and bans given out like candy that it made the place seem like an outdated bar on a Monday afternoon. I've never really seen much of a middle ground. I also was a moderator at one point, and I was told that I had to stay out of the conversations. If I had to delete posts, threads, lock topics etc. I just did it, and there was no need for an explanation. However, these forums always let you know who the moderators were, and how many of them there are.

We could continue griping about lack of moderation here, but understand there would be a tradeoff if it were heavier as the majority of topics wouldn't be allowed to take off, let alone fly to 18-20 pages of off topic nonsense.