Broken window fallacy.
People only come to look out of a morbid sense of curiosity that lasts only as long as the event, then they leave again. People also come outside to see the two drunks fighting loudly in the street. It's called rubbernecking, not participating.
A spike in traffic because of a flame war for a couple days doesn't fix what's broken any more than slapping paddles on a dead man will bring him back to life. You may get the heart started, but all you have is a shiny new 98.6 degree vegetable rather than a human being for your troubles.
The only hope for the BBS is civility, the occasional positive attitude, and talking about useful and interesting shit without fear of constant attack, and I just don't see that happening at this point.
People don't talk about interesting shit here anymore because they now have social networking sites where they can be rid of a random asshole with a single click, and if you post anything interesting about yourself or share any sort of personal feelings that can and definitely will be used against you around here. I mean, the BBS isn't youtube bad, but it might as well be, because the nasty isn't as random as youtube.
The main bummer about social networking sites is that they tend to be a one way thing. Not a lot of really long, interesting convos happen there. No 200 page epics about random silly shit or tits or Jesus or whatever.
Brasky mentioned some stuff about people doing illegal shit on the BBS. He sorta left the gun thing in my hands. Historically it barely ever comes up, and when it has, I've responded to it by basically pleading with people to not draw the ire of the relevant enforcement agencies and leave it at that. This is probably gonna remain my modus operandi. I'm saying it because no matter who you are, I wouldn't wish an ATF visit on you. Not anyone. I never break gun laws and neither should you. If ya do, I imagine that talking about it would be stupid and risky, unless you're into self abuse.
Of course if ya talk about using weapons to harm others Imma whack ya with the banhammer, just like always.
Now all ya'll fuck off I have shit to do. (He said jovially)
...Mebbe I can talk Brasky into adding "Saxon" to the word filter. Hmmm.