[Linda Buquet]

Thanks Mo and Julia.

Mo really ,that makes us feel so good because we do try really hard. You can't even imagine how hard it is to keep all sides happy when you run a forum and yet keep the self promotion down and the spammers out. Really very hard to please everyone. Larry deserves the credit for running such a tight ship.

My style is much looser and I'm very pollyanna and would like to just trust that everyone will be honest, play fair and be nice. Well if you open the door a tiny crack the bad guys come in and ruin it for all. So I'm seeing now you just really do have to keep moderation more strict than I would ideally like to have it.

If no self promotion or hidden agendas are allowed, then we attract more of the right kinds of members that are here for the right reasons - to get or GIVE help and the true meaningful, solution-oriented discussions multiply.

Thanks for your support!

To answer the question lou2ie20 asked, I used to be active in around 40 affiliate forums. Now the only one I am very active at besides 5 Star is DigitalPoint's affiliate forum. Its bigger and more active but also much more of a mixed bag. Lots of noise to sift through since they do allow self promotion so you have to dig deeper to find the gold nuggets. But I still like it and visit regularly.