[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by Maru

Forums back then were a simpler time when a decent troll was rated generally based on their ability to entertain others and offend the right people at the same time. This helped a lot of frequent posters to get over the hump of self-censorship and risk becoming the next troll to have a good conversation about something people are actually curious about...

Now it's more like people's profile have an unspoken Social Credit score attached to it. If you go too far off the beaten path, you might end up with a hate mob or worse, made to disappear and your body buried out somewhere far away probably in the desert.

Too true.