I have to admit that I've tried to stay out of the fray here, but I'll voice my opinion for what its worth. I am a long time user of the board and I think a fairly frequent poster. I love the board, but lately...not so much for these reasons.
Recently some (well, almost all) of the threads I started were hijacked and being taken over by some of the issues that Admin addressed...off color jokes. I like to laugh as much as the next guy, but these just went too far. That was solved by the introduction of the PDA section. Thats good although I just don't have time to go there and read everyone's posts. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings by them thinking, well, she posts on theirs, but not on mine...so I just don't go there at all.
I am totally confused now by the "rules" for the GCC section. I no longer feel like I can post anything not quilt related...don't know how to judge what might or might not be"interesting" to the majority of the users...so I just don't start a thread. I feel like if the foal threads with the huge number of views and posts are being deemed "not interesting to the majority", then nothing that I have is "interestng" either. That makes the board not as much of an enjoyable place as it has been in the past.
I don't care for the birthday..get well...sections. I can't keep up with scrolling through all the pages to find out who I should be sending wishes to! I enjoyed being able to do that in the GCC section previously. I think Terri explained that well and I agree with her feelings, not just about these sections, but about the other vacation type pictures as well.
I did start coming to the board to learn about quilting issues and I still do that. However, I also come to the board to learn about other places, people and things that I don't come into contact with everyday, like the walk through villages in Spain, Terri's trip around Guam, even her encounters with the boogie monster! These are fun and interesting threads. Why can't we still post like that?
The "feel" of the board lately has gotten to be more of a "police" state which I don't care for. This should be a place where we can come and freely share with each other..not where we think if we post something that it will be deleted, moved, or we will get out hand slapped. Afterall, we are adults. I think that the actions of a few are impacting the activities of the whole. These issues should be dealt with on a personal level...via pm.
Just my opinions for what its worth. I obviously still come here daily. :D