I'm glad things are being looked at, but I feel that the main problems with the site aren't really bannable. For example, you can't really ban someone for being so biased that they can't have a reasonable discussion without getting offended by others opinions. You can't be banned for having a lack of respect for others positions unless you act like a complete asshole about it, you know?
Like after the Calzaghe - Hopkins fight, I dreaded coming here to talk about it because I knew what the environment was going to be like, which is a shame because I don't get to see many fights live (thanks to TSN) and as such I don't often get a chance to discuss them right after they occur (none of my friends watch or understand boxing, so this is really the only place to discuss it for me). Most of the older posters were fine, but the influx of new and newish members who basically just flung shit at everyone was really disheartening. I used to love coming here to see Wacko and other impartial posters like him discuss a fight immediately after it occurred, but that impatiality seems to have mostly evaporated lately. The Pac-JMM fight and its aftermath was similar as well.
For the record, I'm not trying to rip on the site or anything, and I think you mods do a fine job, I'm just a bit frusterated with the way things are these days. Losing a poster like Daxx only increases my frustration.
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