> > 3) You don't often post, so Sam doesn't know you well enough to know whether or not you were trying to be antagonistic. As in, eric's original post sounded pretty antagonistic and insulting to ME, but eric's been around a while, so we give him the benefit of the doubt. Is it fair? No, probably not.... but that's the way it is.
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> I think that this approach has the unfortunate effect of turning the message forum into a clique for posters who have been around awhile and post a lot. Newer posters are more or less shut out of the message forum, and have a hard time becoming regular posters, because their posts are frequently deleted.

I'm new to the Forum, and I have yet to have a message deleted, even though I did go into a bit of a rant the other day. However, if I did have a message deleted, I would talk it in stride because I AM new and haven't learned all the ropes yet.

Personally, I think Sam is to be commended for keeping this message forum up. I had a guestbook on my puny little homepage and I took it down because I was tired of deleting inappropriate messages. My friends and family visit my page, and I would rather not have them get offended by someone who decides to have too much fun with my guestbook.

Kudos, Sam, for keeping the forum up!

-Ell "Should I risk putting my guestbook back up?" myruh