I started with Kipper and only later became aware of the other sites such as GOT and NSNO.
A number of years ago Kipper was a very good site with decent debate and more importantly there was an enforced civility between posters.
Over time for whatever reason it became possible for anybody to say anything they wished about anybody without any censorship whatsoever.The standard of the forum plummeted and the same could happen here,if the moderators don't maintain their standards.
It became usual on Kipper that all threads eventually became hijacked into arguments about Bill Kenwright.There was a huge amount of personal abuse and insult and because of this a lot of the better posters over time just didn't bother anymore and the site has been in terminal decline for a long time now.
I think everybody is welcome to a forum and as long as certain standards are maintained there is no problem,but moderators need to make sure that the standards are kept high.