rogerd - 2:19 pm on Nov 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

I've seen forums decline when there's a lot of hostility present. You wouldn't go to a bar or a coffee shop where people got in your face as soon as you said something, and you probably wouldn't enjoy a forum like that either. It's even worse when the mods are hostile; I stopped frequenting one forum for that reason, as did many others.