Thanks for offering to help everyone, that is great. As of right now we are doing very well with sponsorship and are looking to add new ones real soon.
As far as moderating peoples posts, I think JPS you have it a little easier than Dennis in the chainsaw area. We could easily do with out the ???? (cussing), but all in all I think everybody in the tree area is pretty good. Chainsaw forum actually needs more moderating. We actually got a little relaxed on stuff, and almost lost control. I don't get that sense from the tree forums.
I wish Art had written me personally to talk about what was going on. By the time I chimed in most was removed or kinda scetchy. I myself, try to let most people push the bubble, until I get too many pissy emails. Like he said this and that and so forth. It does get a little like babysitting. All of you don't know how hard it is to moderate. You cannot be everybodys best friend.
Masterblaster, I would be open to the open forum, where you could say anything you want and have it unmoderated, but it would have to be like the dealer forum (closed), so it would not reflect the rest of the site. It would carry a small fee (to help set it up) like $5 a year. You also could not be a COPPA user or at least 18 years of age. If this happens we will eliminate some forums that are seldom used.
Thanks guys for appreciating what the moderators do. Keep the ideas coming.
