You missed my point entirely. LDW is not complaining about the cost, as far as I know. I was merely pointing out the difference between 2 sites with active SB's.

One is ad based, & has a lot of admins and mods who CAN be on line 24x7 to supervise the content. Ours, is not ad based, has no cost to the members, but has a very limited number of mods/admins to watch over the SB.

AGAIN: In some forums the SB is intended as the primary means of communications. In THIS forum, it's a nice little addendum which allows people to chat about time sensitive issues.

AND, ONE MORE TIME: The SB here, is NOT NOT NOT intended to be the PRIMARY means which member use to communicate.


And, to the one's who think I'm putting a spin on this, I'll say only this: I am stating an opinion. It is my opinion, and mine only. It is not formed by, suggested by, nor approved by LDW. This is only MY opinion as both a moderator and a member.

And now, I will say what Barbara (bless her for being the kind, patient, gentle person that she is) would Never say.

I highly question the motives of people (friend or not) who appear to be stirring a pot of discontent. It really is this simple: If you enjoy coming here, then please stay and have fun. If not, then please take your sour attitude elsewhere.

I, for one, simply don't have the patience to deal with people who want to simply whine about how mistreated they are. You want a challenge? Go volunteer at a nursing home. Those people at least have a reason to complain.