Whilst it was great in the hey day of FFC, it ultimately was one of the reasons FFC never gained the traction it should have.
A place to protect the insider info made sense, so did hiding team threads to a certain extent (mainly when you had someone genuinely in contention for the title).
But it did mean that a lot of great posting was hidden from the public which is part of the reason the site stagnated and then died. One of the reasons SCS is good is that it is incredibly accessible to everyone and there is no gatekeeping. Which is one of the things this site should strive to keep at all costs.
A place to protect the insider info made sense, so did hiding team threads to a certain extent (mainly when you had someone genuinely in contention for the title).
But it did mean that a lot of great posting was hidden from the public which is part of the reason the site stagnated and then died. One of the reasons SCS is good is that it is incredibly accessible to everyone and there is no gatekeeping. Which is one of the things this site should strive to keep at all costs.