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[malimbar04]

When browsing other forums on various websites, I have never seen one with this many smart and considerate people. Is it just they type of people this game attracts? or are there things going on behind the scenes that keep this place so clean? Other blogs have more (and heavier) moderators I'd think, and we still bring up topics (in general discussion anyway) that normally make politically charged people rush in, ignore opinions, and steal the topic for the next 40 pages.

I'm comparing this to every other forum I've ever visited - a few blogs on tech, religion, science, and roleplaying games are the ones I visit most frequently, if that's something to compare to.

[Kogut]

Probably this game requires minimal level of intelligence.

[Neonivek]

It is also because of the mellow atmosphere the forum gives off.

[malimbar04]

It is also because of the mellow atmosphere the forum gives off.

Let's say I wanted to emulate this atmosphere in other places though, how would I do it?

[Darvi]

Become a mod and kick people out who behave like douchebags.

[TherosPherae]

These forums are clean because the introductory element to these forums (Dwarf Fortress) requires patience and comprehension to learn. Thus, we manage to weed out most of the ignorant trolls - except for the occasional "QQ this game too hard" thread in the upper forums, which usually gets quite a few hearty laughs out of all us dwarven elitists.

Ninjas, ninjas everywhere.

[Urist Imiknorris]

And we (usually) help the new players because we remember how hard it was to learn ourselves.

[Ultimuh]

Toady and Threetoe tends to keep things clean, those who are up to mishchief are given a stern warning.
After that warning.. Scamps will deal with the vermin. 

[rarborman]

Make a fun game with a frustrating learning curve and nearly no graphics...

[TherosPherae]

And we (usually) help the new players because we remember how hard it was to learn ourselves.

Of course. And for those beyond help, there's a magma moat.

You can (almost) NEVER go wrong with a magma moat.

[Vector]

Become the change you want to be in the world.

If you want diversity, call people out for behaviors that attack other groups--and educate yourself on the arguments others use against them.  If you want people to be nice to you, be nice to them when they're having a bad day.  Set a good example.  Be active.  You can't do this passively, you have to fight.

But don't flame.  Argue, debate, but don't attack people.  Attack ideas.  Attack positions.  Attack intolerance.  Do it with both passion and logic, and look for people to recruit.

That's how I figure it works, anyway.  I may be wrong, and it may really just be that we're smarter and better educated--but who knows.

[Mindmaker]

Well and some people simply know how to shut up, when they have nothing interesting or productive to say.
Like me. Most of the time at least.

[PTTG??]

It is also because of the mellow atmosphere the forum gives off.

Toady One emits calming internet-transmissible pheromones.

[ed boy]

Lots of people in the lower forums have come here by being filtered through the upper forums, and hence the DF game, which eliminates certain undersireable types of forumgoer.

[Karnewarrior]

The learning curve shunts anyone prone to flaming to the side and off the forums, mostly. There are still a few who are patient and angry at once, but not enough to disrupt the chill atmosphere.

Also Toady is not afraid to ban people like some forum mods. Toady doesn't afraid of anything.