Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I appreciate your comments and agree with many of them.
landog wrote: The "Lounge" seems to be full of trolls and discussions about other diets
So has this forum.
You may not see it but I have had to spend much more time in the last year or two moderating this forum than in all the years before, even after I put up the newer guidelines a year ago which was an attempt to try and mitigate that. And, a few people have even become upset because the guidelines were actually enforced.
That is all new, as up until about 1.5 years ago, I don't think I had to moderate any of the forum. As I am on the road about 60-70% of the time, I do not have the available time to keep up that level of moderation here.
landog wrote:The McDougall Forums used to be a place where I might be able to partake in interesting dialog. Not so much, anymore...
The sad part is I have seen this phenomenon grow exponentially around the internet. Starting this year, for the first time, I have also had to start moderating my FP page.
There are ways around this but it would take changing the whole discussion board and not just my forum.
landog wrote:Thanks for letting me vent and thanks for all you do! I hope you have a successful and happy 2013!
Thanks!
In Health
Jeff