I dunno - I can think of a couple of things about the "good old days" that weren't that great - like when you'd spend 15 minutes composing a reasoned reply to a legitimate question only to find out later that the entire thread had been deleted because some bonehead couldn't keep his mouth out of the potty. The new system is certainly an improvement over that!
Then there was that group of twits who tried to bomb the forum with the scrolling picture of Jesus...and Eschoir, of course...and Toiletman, he'd have to have his own separate category...do I miss that? Only a little...
Would you folks hurry with 71 more posts? I want to make the 500th post.
Yes, there is no doubt that forum management software has become more sophisticated over the years.
If one were to go back into the FR archives,
no doubt you'd find countless threads where
FReepers were blastin' those danged italians.
You don't see that very much anymore, either.