I've visited/joined LOTS of 'em.
In fact, I was a mod at prob. the (currently) biggest one, overgrow[dot]com back in it's infancy (2000).
~Shabang ran things there back then, and remains one of the coolest ppl. I've ever met on-line. overgrow tried an experiment in free speech--a totally unmoderated forum called The Shark Tank.
It was cool--at first. Talk about whatever with people all over the world--it was a first for me.
But it quickly turned viscious.
People would post disgusting rascist shit, and ~S quickly appointed a mod to delete rascist posts.
By 2001, it was a cesspool. Most of the posts were people flaming each other.
When members got out of line in the regular forums, they were "tossed in the tank". They could only post there.
Well, being banned to the tank soon became a badge of honor for the kiddies. They would join, post shit in the regular forums for the purpose of getting banned.
It's scary seeing what people will post when unmoderated.
Finally, in '02, the plug was pulled. the tank was drained (shut down).
I chuckled when the outraged kiddies posted on the regular forums DEMANDING that the tank be re-filled.
Other sites:
Some are only lightly moderated. But the bigger/more popular the site, the more assholes you'll get. A lot of site's I'd like to see better modded.
But there was this one site--you couldn't mention any other drug, of any type, except marijuana.
You couldn't metion drinking alcohol, or taking cough medicine or even asprin. Or coffee or teas or soft drinks, anything with caffeine.
This site is nice, mod-wise. Although I'd like to see posts where people threaten death or violence deleted.
In fact, I was a mod at prob. the (currently) biggest one, overgrow[dot]com back in it's infancy (2000).
~Shabang ran things there back then, and remains one of the coolest ppl. I've ever met on-line. overgrow tried an experiment in free speech--a totally unmoderated forum called The Shark Tank.
It was cool--at first. Talk about whatever with people all over the world--it was a first for me.
But it quickly turned viscious.
People would post disgusting rascist shit, and ~S quickly appointed a mod to delete rascist posts.
By 2001, it was a cesspool. Most of the posts were people flaming each other.
When members got out of line in the regular forums, they were "tossed in the tank". They could only post there.
Well, being banned to the tank soon became a badge of honor for the kiddies. They would join, post shit in the regular forums for the purpose of getting banned.
It's scary seeing what people will post when unmoderated.
Finally, in '02, the plug was pulled. the tank was drained (shut down).
I chuckled when the outraged kiddies posted on the regular forums DEMANDING that the tank be re-filled.
Other sites:
Some are only lightly moderated. But the bigger/more popular the site, the more assholes you'll get. A lot of site's I'd like to see better modded.
But there was this one site--you couldn't mention any other drug, of any type, except marijuana.
You couldn't metion drinking alcohol, or taking cough medicine or even asprin. Or coffee or teas or soft drinks, anything with caffeine.
This site is nice, mod-wise. Although I'd like to see posts where people threaten death or violence deleted.