Any other populated forums on the net or is TFS the last of them?

Well thats the thing with TFS, it's well moderated. (I don't always agree with some decisions, but that's the way it is.)

for the record we sometimes dont always agree with each others decisions when moderating but we just have to call it the way we see it at the time and move on. Doesnt happen often though, but before I was a Mod I would get so mad at threads being locked or vanishing I would have typed a massive reply to find that the post no longer exists.

Sometimes I wish we could show you the whole picture as to why we ban or edit people but then again when you are bound to protect privacy it cuts both ways.

Yeah, I have done that.



But yeah, I can understand that.

Oh the times I have wanted to scream "hes a f***ing pervert" when people have said "oh why is so and so banned, he is great"

I very nearly got banned for flame.
I get wound up by certain people, and I sink to new levels because of it.
Must remember to engage brain before typing.

I came here 6 months ago looking primarily for religion and politics, and those forums continue to be very busy. One reason is current events keep politics fresh and changing, and how we interact with each other always comes down to religion/philosophy and how we derive our morality--and that has its influence on politics as well as personal relationships.

I've been doing the message board thing for about 12 years, and this is the busiest general site I've ever been too, and certainly has more women than any others. Why that is and how it has attracted so many Brits is a mystery.

I don't think message boards are fading, their big advantage over Facebook etc. is anonymity. You tie the stuff we say here with a real name and you risk all kinds of invasion of privacy--from pervs to ID thieves. I think people are finding that out about Facebook, Twitter and all.