re: #205 Charles

It didn’t just get better on its own, and there was a reason why extremists had an easier time posting their crap at LGF back then: I didn’t have the tools I have now.

The advance of web technology, especially Ajax technology, has enabled me to moderate LGF in a way that simply was not possible a few years ago.

When this site started getting popular and there were suddenly thousands of comments every day, it was completely out of control. I could not read all those comments, there was no easy way for people to report extremist crap, and the constant press of events and news stories made it impossible for one person to deal with it all.

I now have software tools that are a quantum leap better than the primitive techniques available a few years ago, and that’s a huge reason why the extremists are now being pushed out.

Understood and applauded.

But your oversight and pruning is one reason the Moonbat Left don’t have the ammo against you now that they did then. When I first started reading LGF, there was some frankly disturbing postings on this board. (Ethnic cleansing tarted up and described as “Transfer”, for an example.)

I am sure the tools have helped you. And as a result, this board is a *much* better place. You have instituted sanity and a reasonable level of discourse here. R’s, D’s, and I’s now have an equal, (or equivalent!) voice here now.

I truly appreciate it.