The old live model threads were nice because there were 4 or 5 Mets chiming in live on what they were seeing. But then weenies would jump in saying things like “it’s coming north!, just because the QPF shading over their house ticked north. Meanwhile, the storm was the other direction. At one point, non-red taggers got banned from them.
It’s better now in terms of focused content, but back then you would have more interaction with a larger group (which, yes, sometimes led to fights )