Actually OMNI is treasure trove of help by others. For instance, i recently have been acquiring African collectibles and was getting frustrated by being out bid at the last second by someone on eBay (yes, i may be the last person on earth to participate in this Web site) and used Google to try and find some bidding software which i assumed was what was being used by the others for their last minute bids. So my "managing eBay bidding" search got me 297,000 results. After 20 or more minutes i gave in. I was lost in the topic and really didn't know what i was looking for. So i explained my dilemma on OMNI (something i couldn't explain to Google) and had three replies with great advice and information and an explanation to what i was looking for as well as links..... all within 5 minutes or so. It turned out i needed 'sniper' software and certainly even with Google would not have known what to search for. Well, I've now won 12 of 15 bids on collectibles - got a real steal on Senufo Rhythm Pounder - and have become a real fan of OMNI.

P.S. and those that answered my question in OMNI were very friendly. It is something to look forward to.

And because you may be wondering why the restrictions? One of them is because politics is a fairly popular topic, members would re-register a fake name to flame others over their opinions of donkeys and elephants as representative of the animal kingdom.