DT, that's one approach with which I can concur. Why not place new members on probation? For years I've inveighed against the Board's tolerance of foul language. Again, Board traffic may be affected, but that may prove beneficial in the long run.
Let us get something straight...there are no sides here. not new vs old or old vs young or us vs them. Posts are just that posts!...you shouldn't try and wipe things so clean or you will have only one side of things or what is popular from a given group of people.
You know how to deal with things you don't like here..skip over them! Don't feed the trolls and just like any other place, you learn to fit in and enjoy or you will leave when you/they don't get anything out from being here.
Some people here have to learn that they don't control the board. Geoff does. It is his and we all are just guests. So everyone should act like they would if they were in someone's home as a guest.
Kill the openness and you kill what the board is. A great place to exchange thoughts with others. Otherwise you will have nothing but a kiddy club with only people who you let join.
You will always have some who will come here and see how far they can push or how many buttons they can push...but the truth is they don't get any of this unless you stand here and tangle. It takes two to tangle. Just don't post back and that ends anything that you feel is that dumb.
Seems like many here, just can't walk away and have to fight to the death...with people posting from almost anywhere in the world? What is there to win on here? Let us not try and control another poster, but just enjoy the space we are provided with by Geoff....Peace to you all!
