I am not sure what the point of "the box" is. it is an extraordinary waste of landscape. Most of the time you are only catching half of an incoherent conversation on a topic that vanished from view hours ago. 70% of it is two people screaming at each other, but you have no idea why. Why is The Box there? What is it supposed to achieve? Put an add there. Make some money!
This site is indeed a great resource to connect across the vastness of Open Sim, and as a new person, it has been immensely helpful in me being able to navigate my way around and to receive answers when I have questions, or just to meet people in general. It does need moderation. All too often, the whole thing seems to drift into a "country club" vibe, when there could be so much more to offer. We all want an open forum, but really, when you are allowing people to call somone a "faggot" and threaten them, you might need a little bit of moderation.
It would also be nice to see more transparency from the owners as to why some regions are allowed to represent themselves here and others are vanished, then reappear, then vanish again. Without a clearer explanation, it calls the whole validity of the site's region listings or activity rankings into question.
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