I just assumed they were fake handles of veteran posters with an axe to grind. But the questions are reasonable enough taken out of that context.
*shrug*
As to this one, I think the TB private forum,
once it is made read-only available to all posters, should be required reading for mods so they can see the intent and scope of new forums.
I also think that the TB should do everything possible to maintain dialog with posters both by their interactions in their regular FTing but also using the Internets and, if necessary, The Google.