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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kzach" data-source="post: 4828760" data-attributes="member: 56189">At the end of the day, moderation works here because the community as a whole WANT it to work. Don't underestimate the power of the masses. Sure, the mods do a lot of hard work and without their dedication it wouldn't be possible, but when all is said and done, there is an unspoken social contract here that the majority implicitly participate in that makes it work.That will probably never be the case at a corporate website because they are intrinsically linked to the product and therefore can never claim to be either a part of the community or unbiased in their moderation.What's one of the biggest complaints about the WotC boards? That they're too heavy-handed with the anti-4e censoring, right? And yet, they HAVE to be, it's their BUSINESS. Even though they supply forums for other editions, they will never escape the link they have with the product they sell.Quite frankly, the best solution for WotC would be to limit their forums to official questions and answers and have a very rigid structure in place for doing so. Continuing the blogs is also a good idea as it is generally a one-way feed of information that doesn't require community input but can still accommodate feedback.Trying to force the creation of a community will never, ever work and will always just be a massive money-sink for them. Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, they would be better served cutting their losses and focusing their money elsewhere, like on DDI and paying for advertising on sites like this one and RPG.net. After all, sites like this generate money for them.I think WotC should stop trying to be everything to everyone and become more focused. Not even Apple tries to have community forums and they are the very best example of manipulating and milking a fanbase that has ever existed. WotC should learn from their example and let the fanbase do it's own thing.</blockquote>

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