The users are great, maybe better than here on average. Administration is comically terrible. On balance, FF.
The site has lasted since the 20th century, and people still generally approve of Ian. Make of that what you will.
He probably banned everyone who didn't.
Mixed, freedom site, but it's weird and kind of discouraging seeing so many banned users on a forum. Even the author of Zhirinovsky's Russian Empire is banned for unknown reasons, I can't find anything in his account history that implies drama or a violation of a rule.