User Suggestions for Future of Atheist Forums

[Ravenshire]

After a chance to cool off, I'd like to make a couple suggestions:

First, I think we need better enforcement of the rules already in place before a decision is made to add more/change existing rules. Even Tibs has said that the rules (at least the Prime Directive rule) haven't been effectively enforced. Along with this, a more stringent application of the existing rules. We've got a thread that has gone (as last I checked it) nearly 800 pages, driven by one or two (if one's not a sock of the other) trolls and no move to shut them down. We've got one member who spammed the board from months with different flavors of "proofs" using different words to convey the same message over and over. I know, I should report behavior I see that I think is violating the rules. The problem with that is that I'm almost always told "they're not trolling/spamming/whatever." Hell, my last report, as far as I can tell, was simply ignored. In short, the rules we have are fine, as long as they're enforced.

I'd like to expand a little on this point...
Along with better enforcement of the rules, I really think some of the rules are to ambiguous to enforce. I'm not going to go point by point through the rules here (I'm writing a post, not an essay ), but if any of the staff would like to hear suggestions about it, I'm game.

This place became my home for years after AF.com became untenable and I would truly love to help everyone get past these latest difficulties.