melonfool wrote:Lootman wrote:There's also a clear policy of trying to depersonalise boards to make them more about the topic and less about any one person. Such a discussion should not offend anybody, nor should anyone seek to censor or suppress it.
That's not been my reading of what has been proposed. In fact, it has been proposed that boards have their own moderators/owners so quite the opposite to what you say is "a clear policy" - can you direct us to where you have seen that "clear policy" (other than where you suggested it)?
There was definitely a statement by one of the two sponsors that they did not think there was room for "personality" boards like some of the ones you mentioned. My search skills here aren't up to scratch yet so I can't cite it. But it's certainly been the practice so far, except for the Beerpig board anyway.
melonfool wrote:(we'll just have to trust people only use one log in and vote only once, won't we?
I believe that TMF had a rule was that you can only use one account at a time, so cheating on polls as you suggest was banned and I would assume here too.
melonfool wrote:But, until that is done - I can see zero reason the board should not carry on as it always had done.
We know that YOU see no reason to change. But others do. Are you saying no such discussion should take place because of your personal preference?