I think it's interesting when a person mentions the word "censorship" as though it were a bad thing.

We're not the government, so yeah, we definitely embrace and endorse the need for censorship here. For instance, if we didn't have censorship, spammers would be free to post all of their wonderful ads on every forum, every day, ad infinitum (I've actually seen communities die that allowed this sort of thing).

We have a set of pretty simple (and mostly straight-forward) guidelines here that help members understand what is and isn't appropriate. These have been developed informed by my 20 years of building communities online (and the direct experience of running this community for the past decade). Are they perfect? Absolutely not. Could there be room for improvement? Always (and we're always open to hearing feedback about them).

But they do a pretty good job with helping most members understand what kind of community we are here. We're not an "anything goes" kind of place (plenty of such communities online that you can pick for that sort of thing), and we're proud of that fact.

So while I would hate to see a member go for such reasons, I always understand and appreciate we simply cannot be all things to all people.

Best,
DocJohn