Originally posted by kiztent
As for your original question, I can't answer definitively on this because I'm not them. But as Niami and Ngreth haven't exactly found reading this thread particularly pleasant, I'll offer a few facts to serve in the meantime. Two points.
One: There are a whole lot of PMs with general comments that get sent to Niami and Ngreth. A great number of them are complaints that things in general, or some individual posters, are not being moderated enough. Another great number of them are simply thanks and/or praise for the site and/or boards. None of that means there isn't room for improvement, but it does demonstrate that hardly everyone suddenly hates it here.
Two: Keep in mind that plenty of old timers do not frequent the eqtraders channel. When Niami decided to invest in creating and maintaining this place, she decided on some ground rules in order to keep it the kind of place she wants to be. Changing those rules in order to allow the boards to have more of the kind of tone that the eqtraders channel has would make the boards the kind of place where she doesn't want to be. Ergo, it would be the kind of place that is no longer worth maintaining, and would cease to exist. To ask her to change the rules so far as to make herself uncomfortable with her own labor of love is asking a bit much, in my opinion.
Look at the database. Look at the boards. Ask yourself if it's worth having to be nice to each other in order to keep them.
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