Just leave them to it. Most of the old boardies do have a respect for Nick. It's just the new kids trying to fit in there. I used to post on there from the Rated R days and made some friends on that forum but none of those such people post on there although I do believe a lot of them lurk.
I've got a couple of friends on that board too, it's just that 95% of the posters there seem to be total losers.
I'm just going to carry on lurking on that forum for QOTSA news and probably won't post. You're doing the right thing here by giving Nick his own forum because there's no where else for Nick discussion on the net.