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I've known about N54 for years but never really came here or read the boards. Ironically, all the times I heard about N54 it was never really about a great thread or some sort of fantastic hobby community, but always about how there was drama and one person was ripping apart another or someone was being a prick and insulting someone else or some other negative occurrence that equated to a train wreck.

I started an account to participate in the other forums on N54 and have found them to not have any of that. Everyone seems friendly and there's some good knowledge. But in my little experience with the Pre-War Baseball forum it is exactly like what I've heard about -- drama, immaturity, personal attacks, sarcastic and condescending attitudes toward new members (or old members, for that matter), you name it.

Granted, that's probably par for the course with any public message board. It's just unfortunate since there are so many good members with extensive knowledge and they seem to get drowned out by the masses that wouldn't piss on you to put out a fire.

I don't envy Leon, he has a tough job. On one hand, the health of the board is dependent on the good members sharing their information. On the other hand, train-wreck drama blowouts create site hits and that's good for the banner ads. How much is too much? I know I wouldn't be able to determine that. I'm guessing there's an inverse correlation between the drama and the sharing of information by good members.