I don't think that the post rating system at Liberty Forum has any merit whatsoever. I've seen pro-Israel posts downrated to a -1, while anti-Israel posts are uprated to a 2. Even non-comments or pings get rated as a 2. Something is seriously wrong over there. I prefer Liberty Post.
Were Veronica to spend more time canvasing the place, she'd probably find that the subject often rivals the worst of Israeli threads for acrimony and endless navel-gazing contention.
I know it sounds as though I'm defending the System but, in fact, I'm one of its loudest critics as based primarily on its subjective nature and its utter incompatibility with the ancap and/or libertarian principles as I understand them.
Be that as it may ... it's still a free country, right? I think folks ought to roam as they please without fear of the Dossier-Builders looking over their shoulders.
I've always defended the right of any Owner -- be it Jim, Neil or John Deere -- to run their place as they see fit. I've just never been sure how it is a poster's alleged behavior elsewhere is grounds to censure them if they've respected the rules of the site on which they're posting.
Perhaps the internet is a stalking horse of sorts on the Right to Privacy and our sensibilities in this regard are begin degraded accordingly.