It also insists on posters using there own names so the oh so brave anonimous warriors all left.
Unfortunately one can't have it both ways.
If you insist on using real names then almost nothing of value will get written. It is an unfortunate characteristic of many human activities that a lot of stuff has political / commercial undertones and a lot of comment that is useful has to impinge on these, and this upsets the axe grinders. Aviation is thick with this stuff.
One can make it a members-only forum but anybody can join (of their own initiative, or by invitation from an existing member who wants to settle a score with another existing member) and read peoples' old (and controversial) postings; I have seen this happen (elsewhere) where somebody representing a business joined up and some existing people were threatened with legal action and all kinds of hassle.
In the long run, most of the regulars will get to know each other anyway but still you won't get anything really "cutting" written by somebody under his real name - unless he has absolutely nothing to lose (which applies to almost nobody).
IMHO the only solution is to allow anon posts but to moderate at a level where personal attacks are stopped. Very few forums get this right. It does require near-constant attendance by the mods, which takes effort. For H24 moderation you need 3-4 people, and while certain professions lend themselves better than others to this, it is damn hard to find 3-4 specimens with a sense of humour
