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Unfortunately being stupid and immature is not against the rules of GFY.
How do you keep a community clean? You just make it hard to get in, and easy to get kicked out.
But thats not the philosophy of GFY, and it's not meant to be.
Is this good or bad, you decide.
I really like GFY, but I have a feeling that most respectable people are still here just because there isn't really an alternative cleaner place to hang out.
Whoever starts a new board, they quickly let it get dilluted with idiots by offering prizes, allowing paid sigs etc.
Maybe it's just impossible to create a non-profit, professionals-only or invite-only community and still be able to keep it alive and going. I have a feeling that's not gonna happen for a while.
Most programming communities have my respect. Let it be a message board or a usenet group, they're always intolerant of idiots, which I really like about them. People ask for help all the time, and they receive it just out of others good will.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, understand what GFY is meant to be, and just accept it that way.
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