There a number of forums I no longer even visit because of poor moderation. I'm not referring to heavy handed mods, I'm referring to an anything goes lack of moderation.
Having to pick through page after page of excrement to find something worth reading just sucks the life out of most people, including me.
The other issue is sometimes because something untrue, or unsubstantiated, is not moderated, the lack of contest is taken as an acceptance of its validity. This is then referenced on other forums, maybe even picked up by an interested party and used as proof.
There are projects I've worked on that people are confidently stating things, that sound wrong to me, as if they are fact. It's been several/ten/twenty years so I need to think, check, refresh my memory, but then when I come back and say "hey that was not the case", "here are the facts, the references" I am often shouted down and told to suck eggs.
This site tries very hard to avoid that sort of thing. Even the defence pros and mods occasionally are asked to pull their heads in, egos, attitudes, things too close to the bone. This difference is, they listen, they tone it down, maybe take a break, that's what adults do, that's what professionals do, and that's precisely what regular members are given the opportunity to do.
Bans and suspensions happen for a reason, its never because the mods disagree with what is being said, it's how it's being said, and when a topic has been flagged and member requested to leave it be until further facts are available.
