The current setup is just fine, at least it would be if it were used correctly. People spam up Gen Con all of the time even though spam belongs in the chat forum, it's just how things are, and they aren't all new members either. Instead of enforcing the rules like they should, the mods just move spammed up Gen Con threads to the chat forum, even if it is a great conversational thread, if a bunch of people start spamming it up it gets landed in the chat forum.
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