If that's true that he has moved on to other projects, then the right thing to do would be to put the community in someone elses caretaking. Someone with an active interest. Not let it crash and burn and get to it whenever.

I saw it go downhill after it left MGH. In my eyes it lost some credibility and accountability. More forums were created so it looked like a huge community, but they were seldom used. I remember clicking on a forum for information and there was nobody there, or posts were so old I didn't bother to ask a question, knowing there was nobody home.

Forum Feedback was filled with angry people asking questions and few had answers. I don't think even the mods were able to reach JL in a timely manner. That is a plus for this forum. Questions get answered, even if some don't like the question being asked.

It seemed to be a stress filled free for all (FF). People think docjohn has no rules here and want boundaries. I disagree. There is no need to jump down ppl's throats when they are vocalizing what is on their minds. If something gets out of hand, I have no doubt that DJ would step in. It's nice to be treated like adults.

In the past year, which is far back as I recall, I became bored with BT. Most of the ppl I knew had moved on.

There is always a crop of newbies with questions, but with archives lost from repeated crashes (MGH and HP), alot of the good medical info was gone forever. That for me was inexcuseable.....expecting disabled people to 'rebuild' the info, that with a little care, wouldn't have happened in the first place.