Talk:Understanding Polls: A look into comments that started flamewars/@comment-32820705-20200723223102

"This was the era in which the BNCS actually had comments RELATED to the strip (sounds like a dream, right?). Due to this mindset, people didn't really appreciate unrelated comments."

I disagree. There were quite a few arguments around that time (not about polls, though), eventually causing Mr. Peirce to abstain from regularly commenting on the strip. Also, there was Jimnat, whom I believe was quite a notorious spammer and had generated lots of controversy a few years before PW1.

Most of the unrelated or argumentative comments from back then were deleted, though, making it incredibly difficult to record anything about this period. This may be why some may have the impression that this was a totally peaceful time when in actuality there were quite a few arguments and disputes.