well.. I like the forum and I like the people here. I tell you what, if it weren't for the folks here I would probably never have joined the NSS and become this caving icon I have become.
I mean that seriously though - I was greeted warmly. You know why? Because I came in with a good heart. If I busted in here and made a big stink and pissed everyone off, I just might have had a bad experience hmmm? Any web forum is what you make of it.
A lot of people have no time to chat on cave forums. My wife for instance, she simply has too much to do than sit around and chat on a DB. Not just this one, but any forum. There are a lot of reasons that people do and don't hang out here. Personally, I found it comfortable here, and these are my friends, so I kept coming back. But really Bill, we've had one serious problem of anonymity in months and probably years and now it's a major problem? Trust some of us who are here daily... it's not a huge problem.
I rather feel like it is a cop-out if someone claims to not want to participate because you don't know exactly who you are talking to. I talk to strangers all day long. It's part of the big world.
Love the Che Hodag avatar btw!!