[pHaestus]

Are you asking for an official mission statement for Procooling? Only I can give such. My approach to the forums is to pretty much let them regulate themselves except for spam and blindlinks to stupid games like ******s. I sometimes lock threads that don't seem to be doing anything other than cause bullshit internet drama between these forums and other places (this one is right on the edge but no one's really getting too upset yet so I leave it be).

As far as a larger positive benefit goes, you can't have it both ways. Either it's just a hobby and everyone needs to relax, or it's an endeavor towards some larger purpose. The approach I mentioned above is more to make sure I don't have to micromanage the forums (hell EVERYONE should have better things to do).

I can't recall getting a single e-mail from a newcomer that complained about the tone or the attitude here. Maybe Joe gets those I dunno.