[Brandon Martus]

Moderation is there to prevent "bad things" from happening. Instead of letting the thread get completely out of control (yelling, team-bashing, pointless posts, etc) we choose to make it moderated so that these posts can be prevented before they are ever seen by the majority of the readers. It may also get people to think before they post, re-read their posts, and make sure its exactly what they want to say, since it may take a little while for their post to get online. It also slows the thread down, so that people cean read the content that is there without having hundreds of replies coming in at a fast rate. It is mainly a preventative measure and is there to improve the quality of discussion.

Why aren't there notifications? That's not how vB3 works and I'm not going to hack it (yet, at least).