Yes.

That's maybe a bit too drastic, no?

Anyway, just to update y'all: it's been made obvious to me by quite a few of you (and thank you guys for making me aware - you know who you are) that tackling the problems with alt accounts, trolling & scamming, and moderation of hate speech are the three most burning issues that we currently have going. Just so you don't feel ignored or left to your own devices again, I thought i'd update you on the progress here. Due to the way our forums are programmed, we don't currently have a way to ban users without deactivating their account, which is something we really don't want to resort to. However, I've been working with our website team on working out a way to (temporarily or indefinitely) stop people from posting on the forums, which I think is a step in the right direction. However, it would also involve a re-work of the downvoting system because the way it works now and with automatic deletion of posts, it's hard to track offensive posts (& trolling/scamming) back once they're gone. Again - something I'm in talks with website about.

I realise this isn't much and unfortunately I don't have much yet to show for it, but thought I'd let you know anyway, so you know I've not just been twiddling my thumbs...

Well, I wasn't sure whether to come out and say right this is what I've been doing, but I did in the hope that despite not having much to show for it yet, at least you'll know I do try. Fingers crossed the efforts don't get blocked somewhere along the way :)

Thanks for the encouragement. Much appreciated :)

I'm not quite sure what happened in the past - but I would go with the "whoever programmed the forum doesn't work here anymore" option. But either way, what I said is the way it is now, hence why it needs re-worked. We will find a way to do it though, I'm positive.