Forum is grinding to a halt AGAIN

[NorthernRaider]

The forum has now slowed to an absolute crawl, but its a mute point because every thread that gets even remotely interesting gets closed down. I'm sick of being treated like a child.

SD you are a good friend but you really have gone to far with the moderation.

This is supposed to be a FORUM not an ARCHIVE.
Definition of forum in English:
forum
noun (plural forums)
• 1a meeting or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged: we hope these pages act as a forum for debate
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o With an inclusive membership it has provided a forum for the exchange of views on a broad range of issues.
o The senate, we are told, is a forum for reflective debate on key issues.
o The annual day was also used as a forum for parents to voice their views on the programme.
Synonyms
meeting, assembly, gathering, conference, seminar, convention, colloquy, convocation, congress, rally, council, symposium, conclave, congregation, synod, diet; in North American & New Zealand caucus
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• 1.1an Internet site where users can post comments about a particular issue or topic and reply to other users' postings; a message board.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Definition of archive in English:
Archive
noun
(usually archives)
• 1a collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people: [as modifier]: a section of archive film
More example sentences
o Many public libraries also have local history sections containing archives relating to local musical activities and famous musicians.
Synonyms
records, annals, chronicles, registers, accounts; papers, documents, rolls, dossiers, files, deeds, ledgers; history, information, evidence; documentation, paperwork
Synonyms
record office, registry, repository, museum, chancery
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• 1.2a complete record of the data in part or all of a computer system, stored on an infrequently used medium.