The forum is pretty decent, IMO. Some of the users need to calm down. That is impossible, but it's also the one major flaw. Perhaps some aggressive moderating?

Personal attacks or flaming because your ideas differ from someone elses just should not be allowed. I haven't posted in several weeks because of one such individual. If the forum is to really survive you need a difference in opinions. That's what causes everyone to consider more sides to every story and perhaps learn something.

So, when an individual goes off and attacks someone in a personal manor it does nothing to advance the thread or the discussion. It only serves to lower the overall intelligence of the group.

Police the threads a bit more and put a stop to people who do nothing but bash and attack people who have an oppinion that doesn't fit with what they think.

It might draw in more differing oppinions, and keep those of us who are already here around a bit longer.