Fanboys are fanboys, and some are like passionate members of a soccer club, some resort to thuggery at times. The problem with fanboyism is that it distorts reality around them. Without opposing views, one may think that N9 and N900 are the best selling phones of all times and that Elop is the most evil person in the world, and if anyone dare otherwise, he is a Ballmer patsy.

The healthiest and perhaps most difficult exchange is to keep arguments at what they are:arguments, and not to deteriorate into personal slugfests.

Tolerance is a sign of civilized forum, and for the most part, it is fairly tolerant here, although some of the moderators do show bias and favor and sprinkle penalty points to views they dont like. The best way is to moderate arguments by enforcing penalties for offensive language and for being neutral to the argument itself. That will require educating moderators themselves of what is right and wrong.