So one thing i never understood is why staff prefers to make its own definition of bad posts based on experience instead of just dealing with bad posts when they show up. Of course you need a reference to how you moderate, but if you think that moderating a board in an indie electronic karate simulator forum should be more complicated than that you might be trying too hard. The problem with this is that the staff end up making decisions based on how a certain type of thread worked out in the past instead of the inherent value of the thread. I've seen plenty threads closed because "this will not end well" according to who closed the thread. Unless we have time traveling staff i don't believe this is a good reason to close a thread. Only a thread with poor content (or that simply promotes poor content) or that already exists should be closed. Sure you can argue that you're preventing the bad content from showing up before it does, but you're still closing a perfectly fine thread that could go anywhere.

Bad threads and posts should be closed because they bring down the quality of the content in the community, and making statements such as "this type of thread is always bad and should always be closed" results in threads being closed because the staff thinks they're bad while the thread in question might not necessarily be bad. Was the acronym thread seriously a threat to the quality of the board? It was a fun thread that required a bit of creativity to post but in which everyone could participate. What would have happened had it not been closed? Would it evolve into a thread about nuclear weaponry and someone would learn about the subject and attempt to launch a homemade nuke killing thousands of innocents? Did you really need the extra space on the board for the 2/3 active off topic threads you currently have above a sea of closed/dead threads? #freeAcronyms
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I have a gripe with this. Why does it always have to be about discussing things? Does a thread in which you have fun and enjoy yourself and promote other people enjoying themselves have less value than a thread where you discuss things?