[Koko Ed]

I go to alot of messageboards and it is a serious balancing act on how to conduct the board.
I call CHiefdelphi the Clean Room because it's like a pure environment here. There is no trolls (a HUGE messageboard problem) and the drama threads are really minor annoyances (try any thread on race and religon and watch things get ugly fast).
About the only other messageboard that was "on course" as CD is CG Talk which is all business. On other boards the poster don't repsect one another. Often engage in name calling and thread hijacking commonly, insted of debating like ratinal adults. Will resort to posting mocking threads or even vulgar images to belittle other poster and have multiple accounts so they can engage in trolling.
Yeah alot of what the mods have to do may seem like mind control but if the mods weren't here, believe me, CD would be a VERY unpleasant place to be.