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In response to the comments that the past of the forum doesn't matter so much as where it's going, I can't say I agree.
First, there are enough people who have been here for a decade, or at least years, that the past of the forum certainly does matter.
Second, it is not a democracy, and no one asked us to build consensus. The forum has certain guidelines. Looking to the past for what has been acceptable is my way of looking at what the guidelines allow -- as no one in blue has suggested the guidelines are up for grabs.
That said, I hope it is useful for the clashes to be brought up in a topic, so that the mods can decide if they want to make changes.
My feelings based on a view of how this forum has evolved: back in S2 it was very chaotic, with new topics springing up constantly. Over the seasons, the forum became a tightly run ship, with a certain number of topics started regularly each week - a place of order.
While I wouldn't mind having one spec topic that was long-running and spoiler free, if the forum were to go to duplicate topics, spoiled and unspoiled, oh wait, it already has, and that's why I started a topic! It's such a clunky way to go, that I wouldn't want to bother with it any more. I only started this conversation because it was down to either something gives or I just leave.
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