Most replies thus far have merit. But I think that the user should be able to determine who they want to listen to or not. Specially the people we all know and not love. Many people I fly with are of the opinion that the BnG is a cesspool, with the same members complaining and high jacking threads. If we had the personal choice to choose who to block it would make it a hell lot easier and more palatable to tolerate. The whole “read past it” gets annoying and eventually I still have to swift through the minutia to get a bit of information. It’s not worth getting aggravated over and like me, most people will avoid it all together.
I must admit, there is good information when the threads stay on point. I’ve had questioned answered properly and were very helpful. But even in those topics, they got highjacked and it got derailed.
the fact that “you’re fire thread” lasted in the main page for as long as it did, it’s a testament of the very little moderation the boards have. I muted the hell out of it and stayed out of it. But it’s quite annoying that it kept popping up every time I logged on. Of course I ignored it, but goes to show you how little care they put into it. Once if left to the politics section it mostly died.
goes to show you, what the above poster said, that it produces traffic thus they leave them there for a while.
I really believe that if we were able to mute and shut off the people we don’t want to hear from, which clearly is indicated by this thread here is that people are tired of these clowns. Once you remove their platform who are they going to argue with? BK will tire out of no one ever responding to his comments when everyone has blocked him, same goes for fleetwood and sideshow bob and the rest of the gang.