I am sure you may have mentioned Wanna-be comedians before along with the other possible reasons for people not posting. Is it not reasonable that on an open forum which has attracted a wide cross section of users all with their own personality and point of view there will be some who irritate and others who procrastinate, there will be the odd thespian, a few political activists, communists, facists, goths, homophobes, atheists, idiots and thieves. The list is potentially endless. So if you wish to cleanse the forum and restrict it only to like minded individuals then surely that is not within any individuals right to demand. I believe that there have been attempts to open forums on that basis but they too have often failed because even with a small group of people some just cannot get along with others.

If everyone involved stopped trying to force people into a pattern of behaviour which did not fit their personality then perhaps things would be easier. No one likes inuendo and veiled comment and just about as many don't like being told how to behave or that they are in some way inferior. So the question is why do it? It is also true that newcomers wade into forums not really knowing what to expect, as a result they may say something out of order which then gets chucked back with interest and off we go. Surely it is better to give a little, take a little and understand that at the end of the day we are all human, fallable and above all creatures with feelings. Rise above the daftness and participate without extending a personal opinion on individuals whom you have never met that way things might improve and who knows we could get more than one thread a day 🙂