As I've said before in another thread to Deej concerning improvements to the site: [quote]Bungie's really pushing for the "self moderation" and "invisible moderation" system, which I think many users will agree it just plain does not work... Or at least not preferred would be a better way to describe it. I will admit that in some cases self moderation and invisible moderation can work, but I think users, at least the old ones, want to [i]see[/i] moderation at work. They want to know that problems are being solved on the forums instead of just accepting Bungie's word that moderating is being done. It gives old users a sense that Bungie has control over the forums still and it's not the Wild West. Me personally, I like seeing locked threads, who's been banned and for what. It shows users (especially those who don't read the CoC) what is and isn't acceptable. On top of that, we need sticky threads, as others have stated. I believe Achronos said you guys stopped supporting them since nobody really used them, but they did help those who wanted to keep the forum organized. Also inform users how the forums work when they sign up and/or make a post/announcement about it. I know you guys are against strict moderation, but you need it. You cannot expect everyone to be kind and trustworthy on the website. You need to show them that poor behavior isn't tolerated - especially those who attack others. As stated earlier you need to show people that you have control over your own website and people can't to whatever they want where ever they want. I know you don't want to drive off new users, but you've got to cull out the people who clearly don't want to be here and cooperate with the larger community and the rules, frankly they're toxic to the community and give new and old users a bad name.[/quote]