User blog comment:Alemas2005/An MB-related question/@comment-26334172-20151128061148/@comment-5510093-20151128173806

That's my main problem with the message boards. The moderators are all like heaven help us if a new user gets their post or topic rejected which leads to all kinds of spam, and so, so many duplicate topics. The whole place feels like a big mess by now.

Second reason is how clique-y the whole place feels with all the chatrooms now. I've tried posting in some of them, but when a user is speed-reading through 60+ pages a day they are only ever going to respond to the familiar faces. There's not really any room for the casual user, it's either pour your entire heart and soul into the MBs or get off. The moderators are making it too accessible and the users are making it not accessible enough.