I agree with LizaJane.

First, John and the moderators are as arrogant, arbitrary, and uncommunicative as ever. I was flat rejected from reregistering in BrainTalk. The rejection message was incomprehensible to me. I sent three emails to the moderators and to John asking for an explanation and instructions to get back on the system, but received no reply. MrsD explained the error message to me, but what's with John and the moderators?

Second, why was there no database backup? I donated a large sum of money (for me) to BrainTalk for the promised new server and backup equipment several years ago. I think that we were lied to by John. Either no equipment was bought, no backup procedure carried out, or he intentionally didn't want to rebuild the existing database. Whatever, that's no way to run a business or a bulletin board.

Third, something precious and irreplaceable was lost through John's duplicity in not backing up or restoring the database: the "Sticky: useful websites" section. That section had been built and maintained by our community over a period of years, and belonged to us, not John. I saved some of my postings on my PC, such as the "Program" or "Buying Shoes with PN", but did not save other postings such as the one on current sleep research and techniques for dealing with insomnia. There were incredible threads there on many topics, such as dealing with IBS and gluten intolerance, or Roses thread on B12 deficiency and remediation, or a thread on drugs for PN...all gone.

What goes around comes around, but that is small comfort. I hope that he is eventually prosecuted for any crimes he committed in regards to our money and our community. I thank LizaJane for keeping this alive.