Just one among the many reasons...

Just like one of the mods here told me once....
"Bad boys on the forum are not the ones you have to worry about..."
I believe that...trust me...

This is only one of two forums that I peruse that isn't infested. I think this is because there's a certain level of maturity that's required to appreciate stoves/woodburning/pellet consumption and other themes related to home ownership. The other forum is work related and is for such a narrow, technical discipline that there might only be a few hundred members.

Thanks to Craig and the awesome mods here....they have no tolerance for a-holes....

I'm on several forums and most are pretty well behaved....most of the time. On Hearth, most of that crap I'm pretty sure isn't even seen by the majority.
Don't need it, don't want it, and I'm glad it's not tolerated here.
I'm here more than any other forum because of that.

I'm a registered member on quite a few different forums and this one is by far the most enjoyable.

I posted once on a craigslist discussion forum about a local issue I was concerned about. I didn't realize the discussions aren't local. Almost immediately, I was attacked for my stance from dozens of people who could care less about my issue. They just wanted to tell me I was wrong and stupid.

Once I realized this, before I just walked away, I became very sarcastic and just started overly agreeing with them and thanking them for their guidance. They continued to be really pissy and insulting. Again, this was over an issue they did not care either way about.

People put a lot of energy and time into arguing and insulting other people.

It just made me sad.

We'll just call you Jackie the Fist

This has been and still is a great site!
If any Trolls show up, send them my way, they make good shark bait.

My .02, keep doing whatever you're doing, & thank you. This forum is friendly, informative, very family oriented imo. Don't seem to find a lot of that anymore. Thanks Craig, & mods. A C

Gotta love the Mods.

And , Rick, KOTC for stopping ALOT of offensive crap.

*crawls back under my rock *

I am gonna call you "The Whacker" now.....

I already call pen "The Closer"....

As a new member I've been very impressed by the quality of posters here. Every one seems honestly interested in helping people. I've been at other boards in the past where flame wars are insane, or the power users have no patience for noobs. Heck even the ash can is suprisingly civil.

Sometimes I get the feeling half the posters on news sites are paid political operatives. They always spout the day's talking points verbatum. Plus I think annonymous comment pages encourage people to say horrible things they would never say in person

Early one morning I read a post that let's say wasn't up to hearth's standards and it was gone within the hour just like it never happened. Is that something we should click on the report option if we feel it's questionable?

This particular "comment board" allows much discourse as long as it remains civil. I like that, and that most of us keep it that way w/o having to be chastised or banned.
Gamma, I'm seeing in my mind the game where you have a big hammer and are trying to "whack" heads that keep popping up, then back down again. Yep, found it, it's called "whac-a-mole".

Yep, and all mods are notified. If they agree it "poof" disappears. It works well.

I get close to the edge sometimes, I may have to report myself

I have reported myself

I forget so much now, in 10 years I won't know anything.

Character, Dixie, is what we do when no one is looking.