Lydia was all over the place with her moderation, but to be fair, it's not a one person job. The administrators that took over, were asleep at the wheel for a long time and not engaged. So there's been some knee-jerk reactions. Because the forum rules have been skewed so far over to the SP side, the membership (which is skewed more towards the client side) has been reluctant to post. Even in the absence of moderation.
It wasn't always like this. Ten plus years ago, this was a thriving site and got away from the "locker room" feel of other boards. There was healthy involvement between providers and clients. It was a fun place to come to and share information. After Bill C-36 came in, there was a noticeable shift and that aforementioned skew occurred.
"You reap what you sow" is very appropriate for this board. Can they sow something different on here? Hard to say and if so, do the owners/admins even care? Just scroll up and you'll see the banners for the LL family of sites. If you go on to Winnipeg section of LL and look at the ads over the past 24 hours, how many of those ads are fakes? At least half, I'd say. So this board is dependent on the revenue from the traffic to a site that is reliant on the ads posted by scammers. That rot has to be dealt with before anything meaningful can happen here.
Now, let's see how long this thread stays up. Ha ha.