On the nebulous.cloud forums, all are born equal. Every member is worth 100 Nebulae(™).
Each user generates a certain number of Nebulae(™) per month, based partially off of their User Tier. Community Managers gain 30 Nebulae(™) every 30 days, Administration 15, Donators 10. Normal users gain 0.
Those who displease The People of Nebulous and fall below 0 Nebulae(™) will be banished to the Cloudless Realm. There they must vie for the attention of Donators and the Administration against other undesirables, to ever have the chance of one day entering back into the gates of nebulous.cloud. Whilst in the Cloudless Planet, their monthly Nebulae(™) income is cut in half (rounding downward). To gain freedom from the Cloudless Realm, one must rise above 20 Nebulae(™).
Any thread that rises above the ratio of--- [4 Dumb Ratings: 20 unique registered views] (with the caveat that at least 30 people having seen the post at a minimum), will become hidden, viewable only at the discretion of each user. In this calculation, Nebulae(™) are considered one less dumb to be counted.
Any post that gains more than 12 Dumb ratings will be hidden, viewable only at the discretion of each user. Any post past 23 Dumb ratings will be deleted and the user issued a Probationary Nebulae(™) Decrease.
A Probationary Nebulae(™) Decrease is a temporary decrease in Nebulae(™) until some amount of time passes. Said time is a base of two weeks and lowers the user's Nebulae(™) by 50. Each subsequent Probationary Period increases this time by one week, and lowers the user's Nebulae(™) by an additional 10 Nebulae(™).
The only people (if you can call them that) that are exempt from this arena would be the Moderators. They are a sad bunch, watching resolutely from above, never participating. They are there to deal with any infractions that threaten the very ecosystem of nebulous.cloud forums: those who attempt to attack the forums maliciously, foreigners, egregious pornography, and so forth. They also take on any forum housekeeping jobs such as assigning tags and settings up boards*. Some say it is an honour to be a mod. They are never the ones who volunteer.
*Boards are created democratically, with those wanting to create the board to pay in Nebulae(™) the cost of the number of those who vote against the board. There are no private boards.