Tovrin T.

Whirlpool without a doubt the gaslighter's paradise. The moderation policies have trained people to be as cutting and nasty as possible while appearing as "nice" as possible so that they can stick within the forum's moderation rules. And the moderators make sure people stick within the rules, but never actually look at the intent of what posters are saying. Anyone who calls out behaviour for what it is is punished. This has led to it being a training ground for gaslighting behaviour.

It has some good forums and posters, but it breeds people who play by the rules and do it in the most destructive way possible. They know how to troll and they do it so well... and the mods just don't care as long as posts stick within their rules.

And their ultimate gaslighters are Senior Mods, Thor and Tangles. Make enemies of them and they will hunt you down and do everything they can to remove you from the forum.

I used to be a massive user of hte place... one of the original users, but over hte years I've seen it degrade gradually into a place where people hone their skills in gaslighting and trolling. And the mods don't give a damn.