Already made them clear via other channels, but here:
Reboot BBS (Vocally, on the show) while maintaining a couple very popular choice threads.
"We're relaunching the BBS and starting it up from scratch, and retooling the TOS as the last one was a disaster and a failed experiment." EDIT "But don't worry folks, the excellent breasts thread is still alive and as fun as ever!"
Trust the mods to do their job. Trust them or don't bring them on.
Most importantly -
Creating a friendlier environment for content generators by disallowing chronic abusive behavior and letting your mods enforce it will drive your traffic. A mod should never wonder whether the site owner will suddenly turn capricious and undo their work, unless there is a rational discussion.
Consider the idea of making the whole thing AMP only. Consider the idea of people being able to amp for any amount, like a tip jar. (Thanks Brasky) A non zero sum, even if it's a penny, will do a lot to mitigate trolls.
Happy users are content generators. Happy users participate. Scared and offended users lurk and rarely chime in.
Make your users happy and they will reward you with traffic.
All of this.
It wouldn't be hard to merge (rearrange) the whole fucking board, I could do it in a few hours.
Removing the idea of anything goes in the General board would probably help.
Also, having an ACTUAL discussion of it on the radio wouldn't hurt. Not with us, just you and Mark and Dale, and Oz if he felt like it. However you see fit. But, a WHOLE segment. The pro's and con's of the concept, the whole nine yards.
You have to admit, anarchy doesn't work here. This place NEEDS to be moderated. Sometimes, people HAVE to be kicked the fuck out. Its just a fact of online life that everyone seems to grasp, except for you (no offense).
Look how reasonable people are on Facebook.
That doesn't mean people have to use their real names here, they can have a handle. But for gods sake, let us manage the fucking boards. If people insist on being assholes, they are restricted from General, or
something.The bottom line is, we don't know the instant fix. But we do know what
doesn't work. Advertise a cool forum and people will come. Make the Porny board, the fag board (with no fag bashing allowed), the discussion board, etc etc.
A "share" button for Facebook would probably help.