Translation - the most prolific web cranks felt like they couldn't spew their self abusive bilge to like minded cranks for a bunch of "attaboys" anymore - they would actually be forced to justify their half-assed musings.
It made for interesting reading anyway and provided a radical world view to keep the place lively.
There was even the case of some crazy guy, Leo Wanta who was saying the weirdest stuff in a Wisconsin courtroom that received national exposure on FR.
The conspiracy rantors came and went all the time but the community at large stayed together. While I appreciate your point of view--far more than you care for my crack-pot world view, right?-- if only because it's unique in its radical centrism, its not exactly the best point of view for a conservative libertarian website.