The majority of comments posted here were made after Forum Foundry purchased USMB.
The new (current) admin seemed compassionate and cared about board members in the beginning. After the software change in 2014 concern for productive members of the community disappeared. Mods used to actually interact positively with members when issues arose.
Members previously perma banned for good cause are now allowed back as socks. It's a mockery of the ban system. There is even a perma banned stalking admin who has been allowed back with a sock account. OTOH members get banned for frivolous or personal reasons while communication between admin and banned members is severely lacking.
There are/were rogue mods (not all of them) who stalk and harass members for personal reasons.
Admin knows about these issues but blame is laid on the members, never the mods.
Used to be a great place to hang out, debate, flame, have some fun. Now it just sucks.