How does it benefit no-one? Last time I checked a lot of people on here were friends and kept in touch via the board.
Unless you're trying to call political arguments a 'benefit'? Because from where I'm sitting it seems that those just detract from the good points of the board as a whole.
Remember when Russia was liberating™ oppressed™ minorities™ in Ukraine? The news about that was next-to-worthless, barely heard anything worth hearing from the newspapers. Heard more balanced and probably more detailed stuff on here than anywhere else.
So... do you agree with my suggestion a page ago, then?
Because it would basically mean still having a good news source, just without the arguments.
If it wasn't open, we'd be stuck with whatever the OP wants to say. Same example, imagine what would have happened if some violent genocide-supporter like UR had made the thread, we'd be hearing all day about these so-called "shellings" and "military convoys". Crazy stuff.