Idea For A New Forum
 

A "Forum Feedback"...forum, where users can comment on rules/policy and post ideas for the forums. This forum would not be for the use of complaining about bans/deletions/closures, but instead promote mature discussion between users and moderators over the rules and reasoning behind such things. It could be set up like access to the Lounge, which would bind the poster to certain rules (new/revised) that would terminate their access to the specific forum if they broke them. I believe it would promote a greater friendship between the frequent user and administration as well as ease some of the tension that just seems to keep building over the current running of the forums.

An open discussion that everyone can participate in (as long as they follow certain guidelines) would make the forums and it's community better.

Yeah, I think we'd all get on a little better if there was a framework for the mods to explain Why the rules are in place rather than insisting they Just Are and It's Not Up For Discussion.

I mean, c'mon, America was founded by people who didn't buy that answer. (Quite aside from what we subsequently did to the indigenous people Just Because...)

This is the interwebnetsuperhighway, that America thing has no place here. :)

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God yes, Smirt. Thing's have gotten out of control for both sides.

Good idea, it's a shame it won't even be thought of.

Now that I think about it, even if this were created it would be treated like the support center: ignored.

It would be good. You should have to provide answers to some test questions before you're allowed in. It should promote sensible logical ideas, thoughts, discussions and arguments without flaming or ignorance/arrogance ^^.