The gist of it all is that, whether it's "his" or not, Robert doesn't have the time or desire to actively police the site, or even to be laying out reminders of what is and is not appropriate. He has said in the past that some degree of off-topic-ness is acceptable, even good, for purpose of familiarity among the peeps. There is a line of propriety, however. What to do about getting the denizens to voluntarily recognize and toe to that line, *without* repeated guidance and attention, is the question. Honestly, I don't think it's possible. Same thing has happened time and again on the local message board at my ISP. There was a huge blow-up last year, a few people kept pushing the limits, knowingly and repeatedly, until they were banned. They ran off and started their own forum with "no rules" and ... funny, for all their b!tching and moaning about being censored on the one board, there is a webmaster/moderator on the other board as well and nothing much outrageous is allowed to happpen there, either, from what I've seen <br
By the way, I have on occasion received e-mails complaining about posts or warning of impending trouble. Apparently a couple individuals are of the impression that I am somehow involved in managing this board, perhaps because of the Chat Room, which is not the case.