It's always really nice to hear that, doesn't happen too often but we get this every now and again to be fair and the guys will confirm it. Cheeeeers.
Takes a whole bunch of people to make a forum work. And we do get the odd arse if I can be so frank. The thing is having a system that all contributors understand (whether admin who contribute a lot and take risks, moderators who contribute a lot and get the back-chat the most probably, or members who have to really support the '
rules' and keep reporting comments not following them) and I'm really pleased to say that this forum we have here shaped more than half a dozen other forums, and we have half a dozen again in their infancy and I've stuck to what works.
It works here. And it isn't the mods or admins who made that alone, it was actually more the members during the infancy of the forum, and whole network of forums that we now run.
Really pleases me personally to see such a thread, especially from somebody who understands forums (or at least has contributed to some (although you did say "ALL" lol - perhaps an exaggeration there?).
So cheers.
We're just about to change things again but certainly not the atmosphere here. Just some improvements website-wise but also for the tradesmen in general in the industry. Hopefully you'll be part of that soon albeit over the pond, but I'm pretty sure after 31 years you'll have some things to say about 'em.
All the best and thanks again.