For what it's worth , I essentially agree with NJDavid, particularly with the advent of bonuses for signup and posting. I actually believe FT would grow and spread very quickly without this new program, as it has already been doing.

As I've said in the past, you could also have a separate section where only FT's who reveal certain kinds of info like email are permitted. Again we are presently not so anonymous as many FT's seem to believe. An email address posted does make you potentially more "vulnerable." And spammers apparently routinely puruse boards like these for good email addresses. Some people simply prefer to be more private.

kyklin- I appreiate your criticism and will make a special concerted effort to reduce the number of my posts!

bryan- I essentially agree with you. However, the recent fiasco actually seemed to stem initially from what I thought was an insult by arturo. This bell was "unrung" but grew rapidly out of hand before it was.

Personally I never want to knowingly or unknowingly break any rules or violate any trusts. I appreciate your concerns. Yet, I'm not sure why family members who participated in the NW thread alluded to, (two of which are/have been active Elite members of NW Worldperks), taking a position in agreement with me without explicitly stating their relationship, appears to be such a serious violation. I naively thought that everyone was entitled to an individual opinion and a right to express it somewhat anononymously. These people did supply the proper information to FT and they made no effort to conceal their identity. Friends on this board routinely line up on one side or the other of a given issue without specifically announcing that they are supportive "friends". Frankly, I sometimes feel I can get more support from friends and/or colleagues than from my family- even my immediate family! Yet, clearly it is best avoided and I wish I had avoided it. Let me apologize again. Nonetheless, in any case, I am surely able to say that there will not be any "doc-like" incidents from me.

If family or friends or cyber-acquaintances need to be identified as such, may I simply request that this be stated as policy. Various people have participated in various incarnations on the FT boards for a multitude of reasons. I do not know whether that is "acceptable" or not. Is it?

Members of families, whether they be mine or someone else's, should be allowed to participate and express their opinions, I think. It seems to me that they do not always agree. Just witness the number of divorces we have and biblically speaking, the way Cain and Abel got along!

I agree with ranles that revealing the number of postings does little if anything to enhance the value of the board and can cause aggravation as well.

Whatever the policy is, I'll live with it and obey it to the letter. Thanks.