No problem, just trying to do my part. I really hope he gets the message and makes a post or at least becomes more active.

Why are you pleading Steve? That appears rather strong language for a new member.

Excuse my cynicism, but I'll say what probably a few people are thinking...

Steve M = defensive new member
Kotonoha = defensive new member

Hmmm....

People will think what they want to think. I may be a new member but I have followed the UBB software for many years. I have used it on various sites but never bought a license till now when I finally decided that other forum software was going off the deep end on pricing.

Why attack the new member? I can't love a product and try to keep it from going down in a blaze of fire?

Kotonoha? I have no idea who that person is and if your accusing me of multiple accounts, the mods can clear that up quickly.

@Driv; new members have just as much of a right to defend, use, modify, comment on anything ubb related that any old time member does; just because they're earning their first stripes doesn't mean they haven't paid the same dues that the rest of us have...

And just an fyi as I've seen some posts in these threads getting out of hand, if anyone starts attacking other members, regardless of how old they are, I'm going to start having to prune posts.

Thanks Gizmo for the post and no problem on the attacking other members, I try to keep things civil so as not to lead to attacking.

I am absolutely aware of this fact; as am I aware that I have not attacked anyone.

You may care to show me where I have done so.

I have simply voiced my own 'cynical' concerns.

If I am to be censored for doing this, well sorry Giz, but you and I just fell out.

Don't forget, I have two unresolved support requests.

Thanks a bunch Brooks for making that announcement and putting us all at ease.

I wasn't talking about you, there are other posts in this thread however where people ARE attacking others and I'm getting pretty tired of seeing it, it's not professional at all to have on a user to user support forum.

I merely stepped in to voice my opinion on what was happening here, an opinion that I must add is based on experience. I've been dealing with other forum admins for over 4 years now, I'm not exactly new to this sort of stuff.

I'm not defending Brooks' long silence, but what is spreading what are essentially doomsday theories and complaining everywhere going to accomplish? Really, that's usually not something that people do when they're trying to help out a software/forum/etc. in fact, it's usually a way for people to subconsciously attempt to make their predictions become reality. I know because I've done it before.

Like I said, I fully understand why some of the members here feel how they do, but the way some are attempting to deal with things is just harming this community and UBB itself. Negativity is toxic, once it enters a forum it spreads, and if it's not stopped then that community turns into an unfriendly and unwelcoming place.

Negativity has already gotten in here, is there really a reason why it should be allowed to spread? Is there really a reason why it should be allowed to make this into an unfriendly and unwelcoming place? I've seen the results of this kind of thing before, and it's never a pretty thing.

I'm sure that most of you wouldn't like to see your own forums be taken over by negativity. Complaints everywhere, new members being scared away, flaming all over the place, etc. So why want to risk letting another community to end up like that?

And Gizmo, it's good to see that there are still some peace keepers like you here. I'm sure that it's definitely not a fun situation for you to be stuck in the middle of though. Good luck.