[BrianG]

In all seriousness, there are sections where mods can move threads that are borderline inappropriate so a "real" mod can determine what to do with them. That and to serve as an indication of new spammers that need to be banned. You know, just mod stuff. Now, I don't know the purpose of the area 51 subforum; maybe it was a test bed when the forum was first put together, who knows.