// It really irritates me when the mods and those who follow them persistently deny that posters have left because of moderation. //
// but intelligent posters have abandoned this site in droves in recent years //
Who were they. Can you name them?
The churn-rate in any collective group dictates that some will leave, and others will join. That is a natural process. If someone leaves because their pists are being constantly moderated, it means they consistantly did not follow the
Site Rules.