a big part of the problems is dogsh!t moderation, too. i look at sites like NPR… worst moderation i’ve ever seen on a news site. people hope on every… single… thread… just to say “another suck article by NPR, why do you people read this trash” and that’s it. usually more than one person. it could be a factual article on freaking gardens in columbus OH and it would get troll hits, and they’d stay on the board.
moderators are there to firewall their coworkers against idiots, threats, misogyny, etc. if your site isn’t willing to do it, then why even pretend to have rules for posting?
this is more of a tangental rant, yes, but an unmanaged message board is just begging to be invaded by angry idiots.
edit: hop. the word is hop. =D
