Randy (and all),

I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this, so if it isn't, I hope a moderator will move it.

Over the past couple of months, I have become concerned about what seems to be a tremendous rise in the level of hostility on several of the boards, including the airline and hotel boards. Sarcastic responses seem to have become the norm when an OP asks a question that the general membership does not find to be worthy, and responses are often something along the lines of "Do a search, that's been answered a thousand times." If I were a newbie, I would be scared to ask a question for fear of being ridiculed. I understand that different personalities address questions different ways, but I have definitely noticed an increase of "tough" responses over the past year. If you want, I will follow up and point out some individual threads.

In any case, I'm not trying to sound all high and mighty, but maybe it would be time to send out a friendly reminder about the mission of FT. Thanks for letting me get that off my chest!

Mike