Nicely stated, Borg. It's very difficult to moderate a forum, for all of the reasons you stated and many more. There are very few forums in the world that allow posting anything and everything that people want to talk about. Most forums have a specific, stated purpose, and people who visit various forums expect to find discussion related to that forum's purpose. We all need to remember that.

We have to not only try to keep the forums fun and friendly, we have to try to make sure that people who come here to enjoy the discussion about LDW games don't have to sift through a lot of irrelevant stuff in order to find what they are looking for. We do allow a bit more freedom in the General Discussion forum as long as it doesn't get out of hand.