Anything goes forum

[jalaram]

But to keep sexist or racist comments out it would have to be moderated.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

As soon as you state "Everything is allowed except...", it no longer is "Anything goes".

[Derek]

I very much doubt we will ever have a forum like this. I'm sure there are plenty of places on the Internet that you can chat unmoderated for those that wish to do so.

[Headhunter]

I dont think Redflagdeals is the kind of place that needs an "anything goes', not many deals warrant trolls and threads to flame.

Agreed. Honestly, if an "Anything Goes" forums launches on RFD, I'll seriously think about quitting entirely.

There are enough boards with that type of thing; RFD is the one forum I've come across with both a lack of trolls and "kiddies".

[Uberonix]

i've actually experienced this idea coming into a forum and it was pretty succesful.. you guys really have no faith in ppl , you assume that just cause they are given the permission to do nasty things , like swereing and what not , that they'll do it. anything goes-->definetly not , but unmoderated is a good idea. ppl won't just say f$#& you w/ no class, they'll use their writing abilites to intellegently make their point by flaming a person if they do some of the unappripriote behaviour you guys are talking about ... you guys brought pretty good pointes to the table though, i'm 60% for it, but those are some points that i had in mind.

Also,i doubt ppl would leave... they would simply not go to that forum

edit: didn't see trial, that's a better idea..

[MacGyver]

This idea was tried at another forum I frequent. What ended up happening is that a lot of people were attacked personally (hey, because anything goes), those people left, and the site is now a shadow of it's former self because all the people who made it great are now gone. I had over 6000 posts there in 3 years and in the last year after this stupid incident happened I've posted less than 50 times because all the friends I had there packed up and left.

Community is the most important thing and that's what makes any Forum what it is. Otherwise, it's just some useless software sitting on a server somewhere. We should be valuing other members, not encouraging flaming and fighting! And allowing such a thing to happen would just destroy everything that Derek and Ryan have worked so hard over the last few years to build.

If you think this idea will fly, start your own site and see how long it lasts. A very bad idea, period.

[Carnage]

\ ppl won't just say f$#& you w/ no class, they'll use their writing abilites to intellegently make their point by flaming a person if they do some of the unappripriote behaviour you guys are talking about

Flaming is rarely done with intellegent writing abilites.