hmm okay i'm a bit too lazy to read this whole board, but from what i have read, i have a few comments.
i've been a member of the TB for a loong time, I've only been REALLY active for the past year and a bit though, because I just came on occasionally for DIsney tips & Stuff (when THAT's what this board used to be about)
But honestly, I have NO problem with younger DISers asking for advice if it has nothing to do with Disney...I think the TB is a good place for them to be asking if they don't feel comfortable asking their friends at school.
I LOVE the Disney threads...but I also LOOOVE the threads where we can debate and discuss our opinions on current issues, or ask for advice, or talk about our lives. I love them! Sure sometimes we get off opic, and we fight QUITE a bit, but that's what I love about the TB!!
I'm one of about maybe 5 people who are over 18 on this board, and I haven't got a problem at all with 10,11,12 year old DISers on the TB. I think it's pretty cool that I can have a conversation with a 12 year old about a topic that we share interest in.
From my time on the TB it has changed a TON, people have come & gone, TONS of drama has ensued, mod changes, TONS of pointless, mindless threads, TONS of contraversial debates, fights, friednships & the occasional Disney talk.
I SERIOUSLY LOVE that about th TB, I love how ever-changing it it.
It goes through boring periods, it goes through extremely exciting periods.
ANd I'll probably be posting on the TB when I'm 30 if it is still interesting and fun.
Anyways, end rant of how much the TB rocksmysocks.