RE: AMA to close the AMA Discussions Forum
I do not think the moderation standards were arbitrary, but I do think the moderation was excessive. IMO, "the baby was tossed out with the bath water" on numerous occasions. The excessive moderation turned off enough people that the forum became ever less visited and ever more irrelevant to the few that wanted to participate in the beginning.
The forum should have been a place for members to be able to freely air their opinions, good or bad, about what the AMA is up to and about the AMAs policies and procedures. As long as the constructive criticism was on topic and not abusive, posts should have been allowed to stay.