Hiiii~
I have a few questions!
Sorry for the late response! I didn't even see this post until now ;-;
1) What bans are y'all talking about? I've heard some mentions of people getting into arguments and making the place not-so-nice over on the Debate Boards (and I was sucked into an intelligent 'flame war' (both of us would post quickly with long-winded rants, those these posts were over private messaging services for the most part. Only three were ever created on an official thread) with a very inciteful member through that thread and two others)
Its kinda hard to summarize the bans unless you were directly involved. Basically,
like Hooves said here, there was a small group of members who were essentially using this as a place to troll. Flame wars
did happen, but the majority of it was off-site and reportedly private on-site (PMs) bullying. It went on for way too long and ended up driving a real rift in the community because of that. Overall, you guys are pretty good with keeping flamewars under control and respecting one another. So hopefully, it was a one-off thing; and we've learned from our mistakes enough to prevent something similar happening again.
2) I was just curious as to how many unique people are active every of this site! It says that there are something like 3,700 members, though I know that many of those members are now inactive or never became active on this site.
Interesting question! I would have no idea how to go about getting an accurate number on that. Your best bet would probably be to keep an eye on the "users online" section. I'd say we have
maybe 30 active members at any one time (active meaning regular posters)? It seems small, especially compared to the total number of registered members...but that's probably part of what makes this site great

3) If we grew larger, would there be more localized/specialized sub-threads? Like a sub-thread specifically for FPS games or a sub-thread specifically for novel-writing? :3
Sure! We are absolutely on-board with growth-related change, and always welcome suggestions for such.