Oh give me a break. If your looking for the perfect forum...............created by someone else............then you are headed for a lifetime of bitter disappointment. There's no such thing..........unless you create your own........and then it might be a forum of one, you, yourself and you. AFF is not perfect, it's not a place for me anymore. But, it's a place for others. And Amy and Gareth are not exactly playing for rank and privilege, like the infantking. Say what you want about them, but, they are regular folk like most of us, trying to get by, like most of us.
And I hate to say this, but, AFF is THEIR forum. Like wp, which is Alex's forum, it belongs to them, their rules, their vision, you join, you agree to abide by their rules. Unlike Alex, they are pretty up front, but, they move fast and direct at threats to THEIR forum. And unlike Alex, their forum is a much safer place for younger aspies like my daughter and it is NOT a place where a pedophile can have free rein.
If I2 is going to be a launch pad for troll attacks on ANY forum that displeases or angers newbies, then I am in the wrong place, again!