I started with Kipper and only later became aware of the other sites such as GOT and NSNO.
A number of years ago Kipper was a very good site with decent debate and more importantly there was an enforced civility between posters.
Over time for whatever reason it became possible for anybody to say anything they wished about anybody without any censorship whatsoever.The standard of the forum plummeted and the same could happen here,if the moderators don't maintain their standards.
It became usual on Kipper that all threads eventually became hijacked into arguments about Bill Kenwright.There was a huge amount of personal abuse and insult and because of this a lot of the better posters over time just didn't bother anymore and the site has been in terminal decline for a long time now.
I think everybody is welcome to a forum and as long as certain standards are maintained there is no problem,but moderators need to make sure that the standards are kept high.
A lot of that isn't true mate.
When do you think Kipper suddenly started accepting 'abuse'? I've been on there since 2003, and you were always allowed to call someone a nobhead without people crying about it.
It's the same the way people act as if 2002 - 2004 was some kind of golden age of Kipper in which every single thread was absolutely hilarious and full of clever wit and banter which only the headstrong could take. It just isn't true, it's pretty much always been as good, or as crap, as it always was.
I agree about the influx of Kenwright debates, but it is an Everton forum, is it that surprising that people frequently discuss and debate the people who are in charge of Everton's administration?