The State of this Forum

[Sadie Frost]

I know I'm not a big poster here but I thought I'd throw my 11 cents in and give the 'non-hack-writer' perspective.

Completely agree on not selling hacks on here. My personal opinion is, if someone wants a hack and wants to pay someone to write it for them, that's fine but they should conduct that via pm, email or similar. Once you start selling things, people get really petty and the community is lost (imo).

I really think there's a good community here. Yeah, sometimes someone comes on and makes inappropriate comments, but for the most part, the people here are great and very willing to help out each other. I joined another forum for vb and although I highly respect the work of the board founder, the behavior of the members (towards me and also towards each other) just did not make me feel comfortable or like that is even a place I want to spend time at.

Firefly, Freddie and all the staff here are terrific and will help out people like me with their dumb questions (lol) - and though I may feel a little stupid asking things, I never feel like I'm going to be ridiculed or put down for asking it. I always feel comfortable asking questions or trying to help out others if I have a suggestion.

And I completely agree with Reeve that this should be a place for us all to exchange ideas and help each other, rather than people constantly saying "That's mine! or You stole my idea!"