Yes it needs! so I learn to shut up and dont start flamewars...

Agreed. As I'm typing this approximately 32% of the voters are requesting more moderation, 11% claim they didn't realize there are moderators, and 56% presumably think it's fine (28% No, 28% relax). I expect the beating to commence forthwith

On a more serious note, I understand where you're coming from. Texrat could confirm that I reported a couple of thread recently that I thought were over the line. Once upon a time I even started a thread specifically for speculation on the N900 because many people were whining that speculation was cluttering up other threads and burying the few useful tidbits that were out there. I started it based on my belief that the people interested in speculation could do so there, and the people that weren't could ignore the thread. I believe it ended up being a rather long thread (short by today's standards) and served the intended purpose. While I occasionally disagree with some of the moderation (or lack of), on the whole I feel they do a pretty good job, for what is a pretty thankless task.

Now, if I can ask a serious question:
Which of the first 5 post (excluding the op) are you referring to?

The information that I've read (elsewhere) doesn't exactly equate to being "dead", but it sure doesn't give me the feeling that MeeGo (for Nokia, not the N900) is alive and kicking. In fact, after reading through post #20, I didn't see anything that convincingly answers the original question (for me). It's really a matter of interpretation and opinion.

But more importantly, probably something like 75%+ of the threads here don't interest me, and oddly enough, I haven't read them (nor have I commented in them or on them). If you find a thread doesn't interest you, or you think has gone past its' prime, feel free to ignore it. Contrary to your opinion, others here may still find the thread useful.

There are plenty of examples of threads that based on initial responses could have been closed, but remained open, and proved the initial responses were wrong (overclocking, usb port problems, usb host, just to name a few). There are also plenty of threads that veered off-topic for a while, but eventually wandered back to either the original intent, or a similar intent, and remained useful.

Did I miss something while I was away? Who was it?

Never heard of it.

The problem with this option is that there are literally mobs of people on this site who would join a thread only to close it down (because it discussed Android, for example). A mob with a majority is still a mob.

I blame the PR outfit.