It does work. A few bumps in the road now and then but it serves a worthwhile purpose.
Why are you so negative?
Second. Religion Forum on FR has been a tremendous source of Catholic education for me, brawls and all.
Have to read what I said :)
No I don’t participate on the religious forums, ANYWHERE. :)
I have been involved with, and running BBSes and forums since about 1980.
Mostly dialup. I have helped to run some strictly religious forums back on dial up days and they were, to say the least, the WORST forums with which I was ever associated. We tried setting rules and trying to keep the peace but in the end, it was finally no good.
If the forum was specific enough, there weren’t any problems, but due to the sometimes extreme differences of opinion, even in the same group of people, we gave up trying and eventually shut everything down.
Why am I ‘negative’? I’m not, not really, I was wishing you folks good luck with it, but my personal experiences as a system operator, forum administrator and moderator for over a dozen different sites tells me that no one has a lock on “how it will work” and no matter how many rules you put into place, someone will figure out a way to screw things up.
Mainly, it will be trolls and extreme opposite ends of the same spectrum that come into conflict.
So, no, I wasn’t trying to be “negative”, just wishing you all best of luck and I hope for the best for everyone.