Not very active forum...

Didn’t people used to say things like that when some folks had new fangled ideas about the world being round?

There was nothing "new fangled" about the particular thread being discussed. If it had simply been a discussion about the pros and cons of adult only sites it would have been entirely legitimate. The fact that it attempted to justify itself by referring to children and dogs was a blatant provocation  and, in my view, justified the early closure. I'm quite content for others to draw their own conclusions about the OP's motivation.

Sorry, Bill, I'm going to stop now as we're getting close to discussing moderation.

A bit OTT there I think.

We're not taking about a totalitarian regime, or even a democratic government, forcing censorship on to its people or across a country, and usually in such cases  there is no escape from that regime or country.

We're talking about about CT, it has not been forced upon us, where we all joined of our own free will and can all leave at any time if we don't like it's rules and regulations or like the way it is moderated. 

But while we remain and post then we must abide by them.

And I disagree about deciding if one feels offended. It should not come down to that at all. 

People can and do disagree, I don't expect anyone to agree with my posts, but there should not be anything in that disagreement that causes offence. 

There is no place for comments like Bore number 2 replies or that people get jumped on by one or three regulars, or mention of cronies, or another bizzare pointless exchange...

Simple argue your point without anything offensive or personal.

and +1 from me too.

I tried to be an active member of this forum.

As a moderator on another forum with something like 200+ new posts a day I only had limited time to come here but always valued my time on this forum because of the sheer friendliness and help from members when asked for.

However, as TW comments, around post 3 I think, the software is antiquated, not fit for purpose and so slow it became a pain to just try and enter into anything resembling a vigorous discussion. I have lost count when trying to log on that the forum has been down, not available for scheduled maintenance or so slow that I could go to the pub, enter the pub quiz, come back and google all the questions I got the wrong answer for and still wait for it to finish loading up.

Sad really. The Caravan Club I believe has over 500,000 members. That is one hell of a resource to be sharing information and hints and tips but sadly the support for this forum is so sadly lacking that for all but the most dedicated it is a waste of time.

and sure enough ...

back here for the first time in months,

about my 4th click on something in CT and this comes up: Just so tiresome this site:

"The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred."

and another reason that CT is virtually dead ...

The post above, the same old protagonists bickering away with the same old arguments, the petty bickering totally derailing any attempt at meaningful discussion.

I thought the subject was why is this forum so dead ....  not hashing old bickering that were going on years and years ago.

Along comes another padlock.

Take note of OnlyJen's post above folks

JK

I was interested in them I asked about them but it was Deleted User🤷🏻‍♂️. Mr Google informed me👍🏻. They look good too😊.