That's all they do in that supporters thread. At least the A&N people will do it out in the open. I always make a point to screencap Supporters when they're really crying about one particular user and send it to that user so they know about it.
I agree that we need an articles and news forum. It's a great place to go for news and commentary that is out of the ordinary. You won't get that kind of discussion anyplace else and it boggles the mind that it bothers people so much simply because it exists. I kinda remember A&N getting cancelled back in the day because some of the users couldn't handle the discussions that went on there, but it got brought back.
How about this? Threadbans for anyone who goes there just to cause trouble. There's an obvious difference between disagreement and starting shit, and that will be up to the moderator to give a warning, then a threadban. No crying about it. Once it's done, it's done. There are always other threads. If someone keeps doing it, going from thread to thread to start shit, just give them a sitewide ban. They're not worth having around.
Encourage members to use the ignore button for people they can't stand but who aren't breaking any rules. Fedposting obviously is an immediate sitewide ban.
But I mean, you got to keep it up! There are some great articles in there.
@CatParty finds some amazing shit.
@Larry David's Opera Cape too. I love how they seem to scour the internet for some of the most ridiculous shit you can imagine, but it's all written in complete seriousness. Maybe I'm crazy, but it seems like the people who have a problem with some of the users and opinions in A&H are the ones causing the problems, and by problems, I mean crying about it constantly, probably crying to null about it and to other mods about it. There are definitely some shit tier users who only post there who could probably go, but most of the regular posters are fine. I think you could give a stern warning to all the shit users that they'll be banned from that forum, possibly banned sitewide if they don't straighten up, which will keep them on their toes. If they keep acting out, they can gtfo.
And the people who just have a problem with A&H existing because "their opinions don't line up with mine!" tell them to get a life, use their ignore button more frequently, and just stay away if they're so bothered by it. It's amazing to me that on an lolcow website you have to tell people this. The whole reason this site exists is because lolcows can't stay the fuck away from the internet, but we have users, mostly users from 2018 on, that can't stay the fuck away from opinions that hurt their feelings in A&N, or anywhere else on the site for that matter.