paranoid meter

What exactly affects the discussion board mood meter?

It depends on where most posts are made.

The board mood meter measures the board's activity for the past two hours...
It is determined by taking the number of conspiracy related posts (ex. NWO, aliens, Cryptozoology, etc...) and amount of non-conspiracy related posts (ex. Introductions, Chit-chat, Board Questions, etc...).
Then some math formula is applied to determine the board's current mood.
The farther to the right, the more predominant the conspiracy threads are, and vis-versa.

Each member also has a personal mood meter under their avatar that represents all of their posts...
Here's a link that may help:
www.abovetopsecret.com...

Hope it helps...
Cheers,
- Tass