Nor did moderation. Disruptors were among the reasons the board became moderated. I do not recall profanity even being an issue - but I could be misremembering.
I cannot name the exact time when I first began to notice the upturn of profanity allowed - maybe Monicagate?
It was when McCain was running against Bush. The McCainiacs just couldn’t fathom why their candidate wasn’t being treated as some kind of god.