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I am part owner of another car forum, and I can tell you this much, I DO know what goes on behind the scenes of a car forum running on VB. It's just as they say, you're constantly patrolling ensuring that there isn't some keyboard bully running roughshod and fancy free making everyone else miserable. We put it right out there in the rulebook that certain things won't be tolerated, and infraction points, timeouts, etc. happen.

Forums are privately owned for the most part, and closing of threads, and editing (as long as it's not changing context) to ensure the posts stay within the rules is certainly a part of the site. It's how it works. The freedom of speech does NOT apply at privately owned forums. You don't like it? Then start your own forum.

With that said, moderators that are also active on the boards tend to see the most issues and can SEEM like nazis to the untrained observer. But it's like a desk sergeant in a police station or the cop on the beat. Which one will tend to see things as they unfold and gauge the trend of whether something bad is brewing?

Anyway, happy posting. If you approach making posts with the idea that perhaps some 10 year old kid is reading the post, what would you want that kid to think about your post? Be respectful of others, don't bash each other (we got Mustangs for that) and remember, we're all here because of our love for all things Camaro, especially the 5th gen!