The Jailhouse

[Cassandra]

teecee: Apparently, you are not familiar with the extortion attempt by the EDIGers in February, threatening to leave en masse if I wasn't preemptively blocked and if Matt would not boot another poster they didn't like. Since Matt refused to block us unless we violated the TOU, they did as they threatened and went over to Agora.

However, except for those who are in the jailhouse or booted, almost everyone who left has come back, including the former board moderators who quit in protest.

The TOU are strict (disallowing personal attacks, off-topic posting, profanity, multiple aliases, etc.), but the TOU along with an excellent user interface make this the best site IMO. Therefore, people who leave in protest, usually come back and start posting again and new people come all of the time.

Extortion does not work with Matt. Why not just avoid the colorful language or keep it on the non stock related boards, where it is allowed?