Discussion of Old Maplestory has been outlawed on the official forums

Even with the pikamemnon meme, we still at least provide counter arguments - Nexon wants to outright stop all discussion from occurring, legitimate or not. Doesn't matter that the thread got "ugly" fast, people were still having an actual discussion in that thread, and he just cut it off. Debate is not intrinsically bad, why is it considered negative by so many?

'Debate' and 'argument' have similarly gained negative connotations over the years because people don't like differing viewpoints or having their sensitive feelings hurt.
Those with power can choose to silence whoever, whenever, just because they don't like an opinion. Nexon has always abused power to silence users. Any negativity or criticism on forums? Banned.