Original Commentary

I lurk on Slashdot. There are two types of discussions there. There's topics that seems kinda interesting but only gets 30 comments. Then there's the topics that get 300 comments, but 270 of them are about welfare or evolution. So, yeah. For any messageboard there's the stuff that the board's about, and there's the stuff people come there to talk about. On a really good board, they overlap - Terrence

Modern Commentary
Seriously, any online community of size needs at least a little guidance so it doesn't go feral because you've got a small but vocal group of people who just won't shut up about their pet topic.

I'm not sure how I got to "Brisbane suggests that Lola create her own site". That's kinda out of nowhere and doesn't make a lot of sense. But back then, you could just spin up your own messageboard if you wanted to. - Terrence