There are confusing things about this forum, hence the title of this thread. I will need clarity by older members with sound knowledge of the forum. But then everyone is free to write or respond, but it should worth it.

After creating censoring foul words , I learnt many things from old members of this forum, especially LoyceV (you shared external links for me), philipma1957, Rikafip and lots more. I understood the uniqueness of this forum as it concerns freedom. I ignorantly requested to be deprived the freedom I should enjoy. In the same manner I feel that hundreds of other users are ignorantly requesting theymos to retrieve the freedom we enjoy at large in the forum.

Let me discuss this in the following sub headings;
Altcoin wallets child board suggestion
Someone created a topic suggesting that a sub board for the above be created. The suggestion is actually one of those that might not be considered. But then, I read where other forum members told the OP that "Here is bitcointalk, if he desires such a board he should create an altcoin forum and establish the board". This is discriminatory or rather telling theymos that he was wrong to create the altcoin section. I learnt that Ethereum project started from this forum. If altcoins are as bad as projected, why do we have the boards in this forum?

You came to this forum to earn
This is another phrase that is used against newcomers. Did anyone join this forum to recreate the forum? You will see someone wearing high paying signature and yet will frustrate a newcomer trying to rank up because they perceived the newcomer came for money. Maybe theymos will have to deactivate signature campaign let's see how many people will remain active here genuinely.

Merit fishing
You will see someone with thousands of merits accusing another person with 5 merits of merit fishing. I mean there is a merit system, it should not be a crime if anyone makes posts to earn merits in order to rank up, whether they fish for it, hunt it or the merits locate them (which is very rare.)

Bounty hunting
Bounty hunters are treated as menace in the forum. Once you are known as a bounty person, you will be treated as an anti-bitcointalk. But the bounty section is in this forum. If I am not mistaking, bounty should be the means Satoshi or theymos promoted bitcoin. If someone want to share links and get paid for it, they should be left alone to do it.

This is about freedom, let us allow everyone to enjoy this freedom at the confine of the forum rules and regulations.