I have noticed allot of old folk that ran out of here are coming back, some have been behaving (don't let it go to your heads though guys), while others have been iffy.
Someone's "jerk" status stays exactly that even after spending a good few months off the forums, so as usual they'll have to endure some flak from everyone that's still pissed at them for being jerks until people forget about it. It's a good approach, it manages to compress the standard drama cycle of "I'm back I CHANGED TOO YOU'LL SEE"->"I have an opinion about something"->"forget you for not having the same opinion you loving prick"->"I'm leaving/killing myself now because everyone is a jerk and the world hates me and /slitface BLEED ON YOU!!"
All that now lasts roughly a week instead of a month with allot of topic-stuffting/trolling in the middle so as you can see it's a bit more efficient.