[infectoid]

Ahh good old flame wars. I'll never miss them.

That said, in the past it was more generally accepted that forum moderators would rule with an iron fist.

Seems more recently, if you're being a dick and you are moderated it's interpreted as censorship and an attack on free speech.

Related. One thing I have noticed in the last decade is people no longer pulling people up on their spelling and grammar as much as they used to in the early days of debating the internet. I like this.

[puranjay]

I pretty owe much my career to a couple of forums. Learned so much. Probably wasted a lot of time too.