Quote - C&D was a forum for discussion of off-topic subjects.  Later there was one called the Off topic forum, and that was followed by one called The Den.. They were all discontinued because the discussions kept getting too inflammatory.

Well...umm, not entirely. You were there, under a different name. I seem to remember you and at least one other now - Admin happily participating in the madness that was C&D, The Tavern, The OT Forum, and The Den.

If they got "too inflammatory" it was because this place was populated by arteests, people who tend to have strong opinions and get emotional about them.
It was actually never a problem until the Marketplace began making more money, then it was decided some of the forums invited that sort of "too inflammatory" type of posts by their very nature, which was deemed non-conducive to the primary objective, which was to have a happy happy place where lots of Poser products were sold to happy happy people.

Thus, in the belief that a nicer Renderosity would loosen up people's wallets, all those bad forums were "disappeared".
We called it "The Disneyfication". Remember that term and the frequent use of "disappeared"?
There was, indeed, alot of disappearing going on in those days, most notably those members who really made this place what it was to begin with, who simply left, rarely to return.

Well, just a little more accurate representation of what happened, for those who weren't around - I'm fairly sure any RO employee would be looked down upon harshly by the PTB were he to go into any detail that didn't  accurately reflect the... umm... 'official' viewpoint of the situation at the time.

Well, I've said it before, and I'll say it again. It's all that OT stuff which helps to bring some humanity into the "community", whether its inflammatory or not. I very much doubt it would hurt sales, and allowing that sort of thing would make the place seem considerably less sterile. And anyone who's been around the 'net for any amount of time knows even the most inflammatory threads die out eventually.
My opinion, but not my call, though.

But, anyway, this thread is sorta OT, if you think about it, and I probably ought not continue any further. ;-)

Hey, where did those recently locked threads go, the ones inspiring this particular OT thread? There's probably some good entertainment I missed out on and would like to see.