--keeping in line with what Mrs. D about answering questions wherever they are posted. (I also spend time at the forum of the Neuropathy Association for the same reason.)

I too am wary about posting data at OBT--I have set up some general data sites in a "sticky" there (similar to the one I put in the "sticky" here), but little else beyond some sites about imparied glucose tolerance and neuropathy (in response to a questioning post). I fear it being lost again.

Moreover, I am not sure yet if OBT has regained enough trustworthiness to get my allegiance in the sense that I would refer people to it who are new to neurologic disorders. I used to do that constantly, and would link them to threads on Braintalk, but I am loath to do so now, at least until we accumulate more evidence that the board will be monitored and administered fairly. (I was one of the people who argued long and hard, in the Forum Feedback area, that we had been ill-served by the recent developments and lack of communication about them, and I tried to advance the proposition that John Lester owed the community he founded but that we built not only attention to technical aspects, but adminstration decisions that were not arbitrary. I also argued this was owed to us as we, by making the forum as famous as it was, indirectly helped him set up others, including the Brigadoon Island in Second Life, and that this fame had also led to many lucrative opportunities for him. This, of course, met with a mix of responses.)

I am fully aware that no one has any legal obligation to run a website democratically, but I still hold out that there is a moral obligation to do so.

I haven't posted much anywhere lately, but that is due more to my shoulder injury and my inability to sit at the computer for long periods in a keyboarding position. The torn muscles are just starting to heal six weeks in, with the help of a lot of physical therapy (acupuncture, ultrsound, myofascial massage). I'm now able to at least sit at the keyboard for some length of time.

Some, of course, may argue that given my usual long-windedness, my injury was a boon to the boards.