Quote Originally Posted by Shibumi View Post
pevergreen, I thought an idea was idiotic, and I wrote it was idiotic. Sure, I could have written that the idea was "bad", but bear in mind that I could also have written that the originator must be retarded. I do fully understand what you mean, but bear in mind this was one of my first posts, if not the first post. To then have a mod contacting me cause I used the word "idiotic"... I am rather sure it will make a lot of people look around for another forum. Specially since my post all in all was very constructive (offered solutions instead of just complaining).

And seriously, if you make a game and can not take that someone on the internet think some aspect of it is idiotic, well then maybe you dont belong on the internet. I am pretty sure 90% the of internet pop would consider the post I made well mannered. Oh, and I do not try to defend my post here, I just try to offer reasons as to why many people might shy away from this forum.
Unless I'm forgetting something, I've not read the post.

Having a mod contact you about it isn't something i can comment on. I don't know who it was, nor do I really care. Some moderators are stricter, some are looser. Thats what you get when you get volunteers.

As for the clan system, I don't know how it used to work, but the battle.net system of each clan got its own private forum, of which only moderators/admins and members of the clan could see and post in.

If each clan got its own area to talk in (moderated by clan leader and those he designates), with a communal area to organise stuff, it could be what the org needs.

The subforums would be hidden unless you join the clan, so moderation could be less strict. You could designate a 'clan moderator' who would simply remove things against site rules (porn etc) but leave the actual moderation to the clan itself.

Self moderation, free areas to discuss what they want. Not sure if its possible though.