I agree with Jamsie. I too have left a few forums because of this issue but this forum isn't 100% dedicated to just videogaming. Its just a small part of it which is why (on average) the age is higher than other videogame forums.
I can tolerate trolls/fanboys but its just that the "advice" might be mis-interpreted by the honest folk who are new to the scene (i.e parents) that basically wants the best for the said person.
I guess thats why I vowed never to comment on the "what console?" debate ever on this forum unless IMO false information was used to gain brownie points.
It is true that there isn't really any Denon Vs Yamaha Vs Sony flames and Jag hit the nail on the head. Plus most peeps there are spending large amounts of money on hardware and so would want a varied and constructive advice on what to look out for.
lechacal : I think that its great that moderators are showing a stronger stance on this issue and I agree that threads should be locked and not deleted. More often than not such threads do have snippets of good, valid and constructive information... Not to mention that some posts took some time to write up!
You can never prevent someone from having their say.. After all they are entitled to it. However if would be nice if conversations had contructive substance behind it because at the end of the day, no-one wants their time wasted and no-one wants to purposely mislead an honest person asking for help.
Forums are designed to give information to peple that need it and if anyone just wants to start a
flamewar then go to this site and vent your anger in this forum where it is allowed.