YjDDt Wrote:
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> After I write this, I'm deleting my browser
> bookmark for FFU.
>
> I've been browsing and posting to this forum for a
> few years. The site has always been kind of dirty,
> but I appreciated its anonymity, and its arrest
> records database used to be helpful. Then
> sometimes you could actually get quick locally
> relevant information on events as they were
> happening -- a traffic accident, police action,
> storm damage, etc. That's useful in a place like
> Fairfax County, which has no "center," no unifying
> newspaper or television station, not even any very
> good moderated bulletin boards online.
>
> But the adolescent trolling, political
> nut-jobbing, and especially racism has overwhelmed
> this site. You can't start a thread on anything
> serious without trolls taking it over. It is no
> longer anything but a honeypot for ugliness. The
> trend towards ridiculing suicide and crash victims
> was probably the last straw for me.
>
> I commend Cary and ben for their motivation in
> making the site available to the community.
> Personally, I think it would be a better site if
> its grounds for moderation were much broader and
> better defined. If the moderation policy changes,
> perhaps I'll come back. Thanks Cary and ben, and
> good luck.
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