About three posts from the last, I stopped reading. xD
So, now for my turn. I agree with some and disagree with others. First off, I'm going to say this; I know from experience that a lack of strict rules and a lack of staff involvement does not work. I have seen a site crash because of this. Some people got mad, some people loved it, but in the end it brought the site down. A site with a community needs rules and regulations along with people to enforce it. Left alone, you're leaving it to the dogs. I'll set Omegle as an example. How many trolls and perverts can you find on there because there is no moderation. It is impossible to go onto the video chat without finding a, honest to God, penis every other chat. It's horrendous. People like that look for sites like these to have their fun on. And if left alone, that's what it'll become; a place for sad losers to jack off to because they can't do it anywhere else.
It doesn't get you anywhere having an nonfunctional anything. If it doesn't work, you may as well not have it. It just looks like you're too lazy to actually put it up or you're trying to trick people. Or you're trying to look 'legit' and like you have everything a site should have. As I see it, by even having the report button up, Kovu is saying that a site /should/ have a report button. However, his does not work, whether because he's too lazy to program a report system in or because he doesn't feel his site needs it.
Also, as for the staff forcing it upon Kovu to do something; this will not work. If he doesn't want to do it, he won't. There is nothing the staff can do to make him to it if he really does not want to. And from what I gather, he doesn't and will not no matter what. It also seems that it doesn't matter to him that that is what his members want. This, I also have noticed from another site, does not go over well. Members lose trust in their admin and begin to oppose him. Overall, the members become unhappy and complain even more and it will be used against the admin that he or she does not listen to what they want. It doesn't look good, either.
To me it seems that Kovu is pushing his limits with what he can manage. Obviously, he doesn't have time for this game (either that, or he doesn't care), and he's trying to make another? Not good. Usually, one site or game is a lot of work by itself. Having multiple can ruin you.
Another thing I want to bring up is that anyone under thirteen is legally not allowed to be on this site, and with this kind of content the site (and owner) itself can face consequences for allowing it. Once again, either this Kovu just doesn't give a damn (as with everything else, it seems) or is unaware. Either way it's not good.
Personally, I think Kovu needs to hire some staff. Not just buddies, but people who have some sort of experience. Maybe a right hand man who can do most of the stuff that he himself can. Then, if it's an issue of laziness, he won't have to worry about it. However, if this truly is an issue of him just not caring, then FH is pretty much doomed. It's not particularly the community's fault, we can't control what some people do-- we have no power, and not every person is going to agree on what is allowed and what is not. In the real world, the police are involved. They punish people who commit crimes and all (at least in a general sense, please do not argue with me about what they actually do and don't due and go into specifics. you know what I mean). The staff members are our virtual cops. They make sure everything is in order and that people follow rules.
If the police did nothing, or weren't able to do anything to control crime, where would we be? No doubt, some of us would probably be dead. It's the same on the internet; an unregulated site is not a fun one. It just doesn't work.
