Spence,
No apology necessary, but your graciousness is appreciated.
Munk,
Doesn't matter who the naysayer was or if he/she was a member of the forum, just the fact that it was bringing attention where none was wanted.
Yvsa,
I have a feeling you're right re: Bill's and HI's status on the forum, but I think there's been an implicit "don't ask/don't tell" attitude adopted and that's fine with me.
Regarding pix, you can post pix but they won't be hosted by the site if you are not a paying member.
As for the rest, let me just say the following. None of the moderators on this site get paid for their efforts, such as they are.
Like 'em or don't like 'em, they do it on their own time and at their own expense.
This site is owned by Spark and it costs money to keep it up and running. The reason why different categories of membership were created was to make the site self sustaining. To get folks to want to upgrade their membership, Spark offered certain perks. (Hosted Pictures, Private Messaging, Selling etc.)
Some don't mind paying, others complain, kind of like with most things in the world. The bottom line is that there is a cost involved in maintaining the site and those who don't contribute shouldn't (as I see it) make that much noise about what they can and can't do since they are being provided privileges and access gratis at no cost to themselves.
As I implied in the respective threads, I don't get any big joy out of taking "official" steps and try to be as discreet and unassuming as possible, but the site doesn't belong to me and I try to do my role as quietly as possible to keep this place up and rolling.
Thanks for listening.
