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Originally, the PPMB had a single forum devoted to all topics. As with the Outpost Daria Message Board, threads formed long strings that could take up an entire page. Circa February or March 2000, the Paperpusher created two forums, with one devoted to general topics and the other presumably devoted to "Daria." He also enacted a list of [[policies]], including 1) no illegal activity, 2) no personal attacks, 3) no antagonistic behavior, 4) no hate posts, 5) no cussing, and 6) rules are subject to change without notice. Paperpusher wanted to maintain a welcome board, but was adament that he and the moderators have a free hand when things got rough.
Paperpusher appointeed his first two "[[Daria Fandom Lexicon|elves]]," or moderators, in early 2000: [[Diane Long]] and [[Kara Wild]]. Since traffic was low, the moderators seldom needed to act, and Kara Wild notes, "At times, I forgot that I even was a moderator." That would change when Outpost Daria's Message Board shut down permanently. As the PPMB post count surged, Paperpusher annointed several more moderators, including [[Chad Page]], [[Steven Galloway]], [[Crazy Nutso]], [[Kemical Reaxion]], [[Canadibrit]], [[Ben Yee]], and [[J]]. The most the PPMB ever had at one time was seven, with Kara Wild, Crazy Nutso, and Steven Galloway among the most active mods. Moderators had the option of deleting posts, deleting users, and muting users (denying them the right to post).
In July 2003, to cope with the ever-growing traffic, the Paperpusher created [[Paperpusher Message Board 2.0]] at thepaperpusher.com. The new message board contained more forums than the original, and threads were now self-contained. The original forums were: News and Announcements, Suggestion Box, General Forum, Nick's Corner, The Box, and Creative Writing. (In time, Paperpusher would add two more forums: Deep Thoughts and The Easel.) Users could now include avatars and signatures with their posts, and the new phpBB format allowed them to post large graphics and use [[emoticons]]. Users could also increase their status along with their post count. Each user had a set of five brains that turned from grey to yellow the more they posted. Newbies were all grey and called "Tabula Rasa"; 26-249 was Savant; 250-499 was Prodigy; 500-999 was Brain; 1000-2499 was Super Brain; and 2500 onward was Evil Genius. Moderators, meanwhile, had six yellow brains, while the Admin had six red brains.
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