One thing I've noticed in many political/personality/drama/identity forums is that a village idiot is often tolerated to give the other members a communal punching bag. Impy is more monotonous spam than idiot, but his un-nuanced monocausal obsession crosses the duncehat threshold. I don't pay close attention here 75% of the year, but I haven't noticed any other persistent derailers. Tolerating blatantly IQ-damaging commentators who don't outright break rules will sink any community.
One thing I've noticed in many political/personality/drama/identity forums is that a village idiot is often tolerated to give the other members a communal punching bag. Impy is more monotonous spam than idiot, but his un-nuanced monocausal obsession crosses the duncehat threshold. I don't pay close attention here 75% of the year, but I haven't noticed any other persistent derailers. Tolerating blatantly IQ-damaging commentators who don't outright break rules will sink any community.