If it had all these things, this site would be a ghost town
Maybe not.
I choose bf, for better or worse, atm because my time is limited and i only want to participate on one forum. Here I feel the moderation is fairly even handed and impartial and the owners dont seem to be personally involved in it. That makes me feel like one voice with equal opportunity where any moderation is only limited to my violation of well established tos.
No comment on other platforms but that is what i want in a forum site.