Crowdfunding the creation of the next version of LFGSS

Sounds like a quick way to kill a forum to me - where a clique decide to derail and takeover.

Possibly, but I was rather thinking that some things are simply irreconcilable.

Better for the pro-choice group to votekick the pro-lifer, and the pro-lifer establish another microcosm that inevitably a pro-choicer would troll and be kicked from... then to try and force utterly irreconcilable views to co-exist on highly emotive topics.

As the ability to set up new microcosms will exist, I rather hope that the minority abusing votekick by overusing it would kill their own microcosm, as experience shows that only forums that are open and accessible are able to sustain long-term growth.

The problem with the Quake votekick is that as soon as the person has been kicked they can join again if they know the match number. I wonder if a time restriction could be added to this so that you can't join within 30 or 60min.

It's somewhat easier to do when you're a webapp with user sessions and permission layers.