Bungie.net has seen a lot of changes this year - many of them being welcome additions. However, we've also had some things regress, including its moderation. Conversation on Bungie.net was mostly productive and engaging; however, now that the rules are all but non-existent, it seems that the number of posters abusing either the new tools or each other are increasing. Quality discussion has been replaced by spam, derogatory slurs, trolls and inappropriate or otherwise indecent posts that have made civil discourse in this forum a rarity. I don't understand how Bungie expects me or a new Destiny fan to have sensible discussion about their game or anywhere else in their forums. Productive threads are often buried by nonsense; criticism or unpopular opinions are flooded with flaming and slurs - things no decent website (nor B.net old) would even allow. Because users are expected to moderate for themselves, inappropriate content stays around longer. As a user, all I can do is hide these threads or mute these users, but this doesn't serve as much of a deterrent like a locked thread or publicly banned user would. It doesn't encourage better behavior nor improve the quality of the discussion, but instead fills my front page up with + signs and sweeps the issue under the rug. Threads with perfectly healthy and appropriate discussion can be globally hidden because the system is too easy to abuse. The Trolls who [i]happen[/i] to get caught in this net can make accounts faster than before, or impersonate other users to continue trolling. Private groups may have more "streamlined" topics, but are not exempt from the sites issues, nor do they solve it. The web team has done well to improve and enhance the site since its launch, but the current state of the forums is absolutely unacceptable. We're nearing an important beta period where many new people will join the site, but I can't imagine a new player feeling welcome around the forums, nor can they be expected to use the new tools when the current community has been unable to self moderate efficiently in the last year. To quote a line from the weekly update, [b]“Sometimes things just don’t work together and we have to rip them out”[/b]. Your own website needs some changes not only to certain parameters within the system, but also in the way content is filtered and moderated. The current state of operation is ineffective in promoting productive discussion and discouraging immature behavior. I ask that the web team please rectify the situation as soon as possible for the sake of the lurkers, new fans, and the old ones who would like to have healthy discussion. I don't expect Bungie.net to suddenly become a gentleman's choir because the internet will always be the internet. Still, we'd at least be on a more civil path as we head into the next generation.