Photray, my friend, I appreciate the sentiment, but things have changed in both of our absence. The quality of posters is markedly diminished - you're trying to save what is already tarnished. These days you'd be lucky to find a single interesting thread in the poor trash heap of these forums. I suspect it's largely due to groups - the real friendly camaraderie goes on in those secret niches, while the forums proper is left to remarkably pureile, juvenile, pablum.
Don't let it get you upset or defensive good sir, better yet, let it go altogether - leave the fools to frolick, pick a friendly group and make a point to increase the quality of the threads therein.
This place is beyond saving - and I should know, having once been one of it's most fevrent organizers... trust me.
hah. finally a serious response. i'll take your advice Rael. good to know someone can be articulate out here. but i get what your saying. a lot has changed since i was last here, before we only dealt with the occasional troll and now... well, i think you know what i mean
A thread which is worthy of serious answers will get them from me.
The only serious thing I can say in this thread is quit whining. As in everything there are good, bad and in between. Get over it. It is a good life lesson to learn how to deal with difficult people. You will work with and for many of them in your life
this is why non-paying members should have a limit of about 5 posts per day and no thread starting rights. this would totally cut back on the riff raff--wait, is there irony here? should i self evaluate? hmmm.
"Do you really want to huuuurt meeee?"
<a tear wells up in his left eye, fat and ready to trickle down his sad sad cheek...so sad>