SV650.org is a great resource, and I have met a diverse range of people in the last 4 years! This forum has the best "community spirit" of any website I've come accross.
It would be a real shame if this sort of thing changed the general mood of the forum. For a casual user (like myself) this will blow over and normal service will resume; for those who use the site for networking it'll take longer. It would be a shame if a few people's issues spoil the site for the many other people who are less vocal. I guess the mods are doing what they think best to keep the balance.
I have no interest in the bans/self imposed exile. While you can ignore threads that you don't want to read, if the pleasant atmosphere and community spirit of the forum changes I'm sure that people like myself will drift away (without a melodramatic goodbye post
).