(Have run and moderated a forum for 15+ years.) You are outnumbered. Spammers or bad actors run 24/7 whereas you need to sleep or holiday. You are criticised f

(Have run and moderated a forum for 15+ years.) You are outnumbered. Spammers or bad actors run 24/7 whereas you need to sleep or holiday. You are criticised for moderating (“censorship!”) or not moderating, if you are ever inconsistent you’re “playing favourites”. Persistent bad actors skirt the boundaries and dedicate themselves wholly to getting past you. Trolls work in the grey areas. You and your parents get doxxed for handing out a minor imposition. You are up against spam bots working constantly to bypass you. Up against bots skirting what contravenes rules, or spammers asking an “innocent question” to set up another account to provide a spam answer. Any question remotely involving politics/gender/race devolves immediately into a shitshow (this is a newish phenomenon).