<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Dovster:
I very much doubt that TalkTeam, Enquiring Mind, or ftomnibox would have made the posts that they did if they had to do it under their usual user names.</font>
Well, but then if the issue is TalkTeam, Enquiring Mind and ftomnibox, then deal with them.
Aside from jan_az' board, I know another popular board which charges and yet still has a lot of flaming and trolling.
Now, does
making a change from free to subscription-based reduce trolling and flaming? I don't know - maybe, maybe not.
But the fact is that you can't do anything about mad people who lack self-discipline to not post insulting, offensive and aggravating statements. That has more to do with upbringing and emotional state of mind than socio-economic indicators, IMO.
