> Imagine a forum [...] but you have to log into it with a password and passwords cost $50 to acquire and for sufficiently bad behaviour they can be revoked Yo

> Imagine a forum [...] but you have to log into it with a password and passwords cost $50 to acquire and for sufficiently bad behaviour they can be revoked You don't have to imagine it, take a look at the Something Awful forums. People still get banned but the discourse is better, from my limited experience.