Okay, I have some things to say.
This place is more than a forum.  Or, at least, it once was.  It was once a place free of mean threads, spam, and it stayed on topic, with dog stories, art, photos, and nintendog discussion.  I still remember that, and it seems like a completely opposite place now.
There's no hiding it, this place has gone up in flames.  We've thrown the things that made this place special and replaced them with off-topic spam.  I mean, the rules of the forum go against so many things here.  The innapropriate topics are insane.  I mean, this is supposed to be appropriate for all ages, and it's not even appropriate for my age, and I've been going on NKC websites since I was 9, during the time of the old NKC.  And everyone says, "we don't want this to be like NKC at Nsider!" Well, you know what, the old NKC was a thousand times better!!  We're destroying this place, and all the hard work Ngal put it into this place.  Not everyone is, but the majority of you are bringing down the chances of this website ever being the same everyday. 
Here's what I think(and this is constructive criticism and suggestions, not Flame or Spam):
I think this board should be either deleted or filtered.  The innapropriate topics should be thrown out,  and the name should be changed to "General Discussion", because really, Off-Topic can be inviting for people to just come and SPAM.  Ever since I joined the old one, I've loved NKCs.  I have to admit, NKC really changed who I am, and probably even changed my life.  It helped me grasp my love of dogs, and I put in the commitment to accomplishing my goal of getting a dog, researching and moving forward for three years, until I finally convinced my parents I was serious, and got a dog.  Without NKC, that would have never happened. And you know what the first thing I though was when I got my dog settled down from the excitement of being in a new place the day I brought him home?  I was so excited to go on NNKC to make a thread in Puparazzi for him.
But I had been away for a while, and now was the first time I realized how horrible this place was getting. 
I got Nintendogs after waiting for four hours in the cold, in the middle of the night, at Fry's on Black Friday a few years ago.  I was overjoyed to find NKC to discuss my brand new game, and I met so many friends, too, that I'm still good friends with today.  It was nice to have so many friends, and I think that changed me, too, because I became stronger, and I didn't let my real life friend push me around anymore.  I didn't let people discriminate against me, or at least get away with it.  And I did something about the girl who was stalking me.
But now all the things that made NKC special are gone.  I remember dreaming about becoming a moderator, but now, I rarely come near this website, because there's so much crazy content.  I know a lot of you are aspiring photographers, but I think thats really something that should be merged into a general discussion board, to keep NKC what it should be.  So should Review sections, and Media Board.  I don't mean to start a fight, just wish things were the way they used to be, and I want to suggest things.  Anyone else agree?

-- Edited by WoofMeowPal at 16:26, 2009-03-08