[moose53]

Originally Posted by Cherokee

Am I the only one who sees the irony in the complaint that Braintalk refuses to link up this site? In the past, other homegrown forums were blocked and that was quite alright with a number of people.

But now that the disenchantment has grown, it is suddenly a problem?

The problem with linking sites up is that in the past, the disenchanted have been know to travel from board to board creating problems for members. One gentleman, who lost his son to an untimely death, was stalked and harrassed from a Braintalk regular at his son's MEMORIAL site. How sad and pathetic is that?

I can understand the dissapointment JL and his broken promises have created, but I doubt very much that he has even read the forums in the last several years. Lack of attachment = apathy. One dissapointment after another is a wonderful predictor of what type of behavior can be expected in the future.

That's true, in a lot of ways, Cherokee.

But, the fact of the matter is some people like BrainTalk. Some people like NeuroTalk. Some people like both.

Personally, I'd like to see them merged under the old BrainTalk name, but, under the auspices of Dr. John Grohol.

That's just my personal opinion. I think all of these postings over the past 10 years are an incredible resource. So much of that has "disappeared". I am told that the information is not lost, it will be revived. In the meantime, I keep seeing messages about people looking for information that can't be found any longer -- except maybe on the Wayback Machine.

Things are changing and moving and flowing. I believe we users will, by our support and our response, eventually be creating what we want for support. Things that aren't needed disappear. Have you seen a manual typewriter lately

Oh, I think that banning certain addresses is juvenile. There are ways around that. I also know that people should not be posting personal information on an international website so that stalkers can harass them. It's our responsibility to learn how to be safe on the internet and then to teach our children and our grandchildren the same lessons.

You've made a lot of good points. Thanks for posting.

Barb