should we make the lounge an unmoderated forum? Options

[micron]

hi all,

i was browing through my old site before i made cb... and it had a forums, where the equivalent of cb's "the lounge" wasn't moderated. i thought that was a good idea, and leaning towards implementing it here.

dont get me wrong. moderating is good and all, but sometimes it can really discourage members from participating. for example, there seems to be a trend where staff members close topics if the topic was talked about before, even if it's been over a year. this might be good in that it promotes organization, but in reality, it really kills the participitory aspect of the forums. sometimes things need to be revisted and retalked. its part of everyday life.

if we continue on like this, where topics get closed because it revists an older topic, sooner or later, there will be nothing to talk about. period.

so. what do you think? should we let the lounge be completely unmoderated by staff members? or should be do a compromise, where staff members are only allowed to move topics elsewhere, but cannot close the topics here?

let me hear from you. staff members may also contribute. =)

[GREASEbaby]

Yes, we do need to be moderated. Someone might just post a bash topic, or might show porn. Those must mustt be closed. However, topics shouldn't be closed just because it was talked about before. Nobody wants to have to read a year old topic, and then find out that the situation has completley changed in those x amount of years.

But some topics have to be closed, it shouldn't go completely unmonitored.

The Lounge. Have a laugh, make new friends. Anything off-topic.

What happened to that? The rules seem to be very strict, and sometimes I just wanna post to say, "My foots asleep. Don't you hate that?" or "I just wanna hide under the covers". Things like his "I just wanna fly" post...