[quote=@The Spectre]I am sorry but you believe that it influences the community? How? It is just a server where members of the guild gather to talk about staff. And it's also a place where we can talk about anything and everyone without any worries of getting banned. You made it a big deal when you leaked chatlogs to the staff because you were worried about Ruby. Hell, I haven't really seen everyone wanting Ruby to be banned for the site. Many of them just want Ruby (and Nutts) to be punished for their actions by staff members. Sadly, their actions have been defeated by other staff members.

In short, I don't agree with you that Valhalla has enough power to influence the site. If you believe it is, then please explain to me why you think otherwise.[/quote]
That is a very large question, Spectre. But here is my brief observations based on my time there and what I’ve noticed, and I by no means am innocent as I was just as involved for a large amount of time.

[list][*]An emotional outrage due to Ruby’s pre-moderator behavior that led for members to call for Ruby’s demotion. Statements like “I have plans.”, “Ruby isn’t going to be punished?” among other things created the precedent to inform staff of what appeared to be the beginnings of a witch hunt.
[*]Normalizing combative and antagonistic behavior that has influenced the actions of several minors on the site.
[*]Gossiping about members in a rather deplorable manner, fixating on members rather than simple venting.
[*]Such behavior leaking onto the site in the cases of Grimhildr’s departure and those who involved with the community created accounts to circumnavigate the rules of the guild to re-post said thread which was locked and deleted for significant reasons.
[*]Hosting a 'blacklist' describing users on the site people were discouraged with due to various reasons; essentially normalizing ostracizing people of the community.
[*]Influencing community politics in a problematic manner.[/list]
Whilst this might not be a major influential factor (you could argue “vocal minority” perhaps), it does visibly have a significant role.