This is my personal opinion, having been on pc and also a couple of other forums for a while.... too many rules can kill a forum. Not literally necessarily, but if people hesitate too much to post, to create a thread etc... to censor themselves too much (apart from obvious, existing rules which everyone tries to observe)...Maybe it's along similar lines to my thread I posted here a while back re how much a hug or a kind thought can help someone in distress. I just had this thought tonight having been reading a bit...

I suppose the issue also is what is ''too many rules''....

Hugs and respect to all