welcome bobbin, glad to have you.
There is a lot of ebb and flow to JPP. every few months there is a big eruption of drama, people tire themselves out for a bit, relax, and then it starts up again a few months later.
We base our board off of having very little moderation. We don't not condone a lot of the nasty things said here, and it really sucks when it happens. But we try not to get involved and let adults handle it themselves.
We give our members a lot of different functions to customize their own experience. You are able to ban offensive posters from any thread you create, we have an ignore feature which people can utilize, we have a dedicated sub-forum with stricter moderation should people choose to use it (... most don't). Also if any thread you create gets out of hand, you can request for us to close it or delete it.
We also have a feature called 'forced ignore' which is utilized when there are a few people that become very offended by someones presence or vitriol gets up to an abusrd level. A good example will be that one will call for another person to be banned, and when it gets to a really bad level, we'll do an individual tailored banning which basically forces the offending party blocked from the victims view so they no longer have to be subjected to offensive stuff. It's used rarely but there are a few that really don't like it for whatever reason, and on JPP, the squeeky wheel doesn't get the grease, but it does squeek a lot more.
I think it's great to have another woman on here. Pretty soon I'll have to use two whole hands to count how many of them are on JPP
I think we are at like.. 5? 6? at this point? anyway . .
If you have any questions or concerns just pm me or the other mods, or post another thread here, whatever you prefer. Lots of people will be willing to help and answer questions. Hope you enjoy your stay.