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It's one of the reasons I keep coming to LAF - because it isn't the wild west or "town square" style. I have other forums and Facebook for that. LAF has always been pretty solid about keeping everything on topic when possible.
You may no longer open topics which are not directly related to the wargaming or modelling hobbies. By this change, we intend to restore the LAF's original purpose, which is a hobby forum specifically dedicated towards wargaming, the making, modelling and painting of miniatures, as well as the collecting aspect. ALL OTHER TOPICS WILL BE REMOVED WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE OR COMMENT.The following are explicitly forbidden: Any personal topics as well as any "funny" memes (there's Facebook and Tumblr for that) and videos, computer games, your favourite whatever (Youtube, and again, there's probably a Facebook group for that) etc. There's a lot of things out there on the web, so you'll easily find a place to hang out for those needs.
To be honest, I barely notice the moderation. I suppose that means they are doing their job right. As one of the affected parties (I started the thread about the Russian bot) I think that, while the contents were harmless, Chris took the right decision. The thread was indeed against the forum rules, even if I didn't realize it at the time. It wasn't related, even in passing, to wargaming. Of course, being a wargamer at the core, I couldn't stop thinking how interesting a boardgame of NSA vs Russian bots could be! But I disgress... Point is that I can assure you that I didn't take offence.
The blanket ban is better than rules that get applied arbitrarily (I've found that, often, in other discussion places the rules never get applied to the moderator's friends but only to newcomers / people they don't like)
I couldn't stop thinking how interesting a boardgame of NSA vs Russian bots could be!