Originally Posted by
lin821
2. If "bad" manners are the problems, subforum can't make people behave any differently.
Actually, we've seen since the days of usenet that a forum tends to become harsh when the number of active participants gets beyond some number, somewhere between 100 and 1000, depending on the skill and diligence of the moderators. Reducing the number of active participants by subdividing a forum could indeed make the difference between a friendly forum and an unfriendly one.