I have to say that I think Alex is doing a really good job. Keeping this site going and trying to take care of the members as well is a very big job. Also, since the stay-on-topic policy has come into effect, I have noticed that the quality and longetivity of the threads has increased. while going off topic may be nice at the time, in the long run it messes up the threads.
I think that the best thing really is to ignore people that try to start fights. I didn't do that with Ancelotti, and it got out of control. Incubo once made a rather aggresive move after he mis-interpreted one of my posts-I explained the actual intent of the post to him, and nothing hapenned-we've gotten past it, and now are perfectly cordial to each other. I think that when someone joins a forum set up for fans of a rival team, even if they aren't coming with malicious intent, they will be extra sensitive about insults to their teams, and when they see people refering to Milan as "AC Merda", etc(which I am also guilty of), they will be even touchier. the same goes for the others on the forum. They see a member who supports another team, and they assume the worst. The resulting atmosphere makes it easy for fights to break out, even though nothing has even happened! If people are more patient and forgiving, everything will work much more smoothly. and of course, if someone keeps on trying to start fights, then they should be banned, without question. also, perhaps the "delete post" option could be changed, so that it only works for an hour after it was originally posted.......anyway, just some thoughts-and again, this is really a great forum-it's really a good part of my social life(not that I really have one
), and I hope it only keeps staying as enjoyable as it has been for me!