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"Whatever exists, whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent. These anonymous creatures may seem little or nothing in the world. Yet the smallest crumb can devour us. Any smallest thing beneath yon rock out of men's knowing. Only nature can enslave man and only when the existence of each last entity is routed out and made to stand naked before him will he be properly suzerain of the earth."
Posted by: Vasheeth
This is something I learned the hardway. You can't defeat the vulgarity of the masses. It's impossible. I created a group that was dedicated to cleaning everything up. Worked too, for about five days. Then, people got bored with the idea. I even had a mod join the group. Didn't give me that much more influence. Trust me, just leave it alone.
I, too, was in a group dedicated to trying to stop the flood of topics. Mostly it was meant to get members to inform moderators and inform people of the rules. I left after a while.
But I have observed, and I have learned. Before, if someone posted something like "Join my group" in Zanzibar, I would post in it telling them to go to the Classifieds. When I came back to Zanzibar, some of the members of the group did the same thing I did. But they forgot they are still members. They went around only trying to inform other members of rule fractures. Tensions mounted, and there were a couple of other members who made new accounts to make fun of members who did just this. We weren't exactly pleased.
And now, I use the PM system. I am kind. I don't put anything like "You are supposed to use the Classifieds for that moron." I don't go out on the forums trying to gain attention.
So, do you want to improve Zanzibar? Don't complain about it. Find out the best way to go through with improving it, then do it.