True, I've seen more than one case where someone got upset because they thought the reply was aimed at them, when it was really just aimed at the thread. 

I also visit a forum that has had a lot of good Poser freebies posted called http://www.faeriewylde.com

At FaerieWylde they give you an option.  At the bottom of the page you can select to reply to the thread, without specifying any one message that you are replying to.  You can also select on "quote" in a particular message, to include that message in your post.  The included message is put in a box, so it is easy to tell which part of the new message is yours, and which is their's.

One way to keep the forums from getting too confusing is to view them in "flat" mode instead of "threaded" mode.  The icons are near the top right corner of the page.  The threaded mode just confuses things, because it hides all but the one message you are reading, and shows links as replies to specific messages, even though they were actually replies to the thread.

Maybe we should make this suggestion at Site Recommendations and Suggestions It couldn't hurt.

Yes, the moderators seem to be strangely absent.  They usually respond when I send them an email, by clicking on "contact us".  Still, it would be nice if they at least read the posts in Site Recommendations and Suggestions  and responded to them.  One reason they are so quiet could be they got tired of answering the same questions over and over again.  Most of the questions for them seemd to be centerered around "What will be the new changes?", "When will they take place?", and "Will I still get paid for my submissions?".  I know that would get on my nerves by the third week.  Of course they could just be silent because they don't have anything to say, that they haven't said several times before.

            -David

Oh, gads, I've had that happen to me more than once!  I run groups myself, and I preach the old saw "respond to the issue, not the poster" like I'm in my right mind or something.  This style board undermines that considerably.

Faeriewylde is a php board, and it's beautiful:  Simple, neat, easy to use, supports HTML and all that.  You can get more info on php here -->  http://www.phpbb.com/  

I figure that the answers will be similar frequently, but just the fact that the posts are being made would likely improve morale around here considerably.  :D  Just "Hi!  We're breathing!"  

I'd post over in suggestions, but one of the owners posted here, so I'm hanging onto that.  XD 

Didn't Jake have a post in this thread just a few days ago? I personally wouldn't say the admins are absent. Scarce maybe, but I'll bet they read the posts and are a little tired of having to defend their policies constantly. And if they are completely redesigning the site, they are probably up to their ears with work, so in my opinion being scarce is understandable. The site is working fine for the most part, and I think I can be patient and wait for the changes I believe they will be worth it.

(actually, I can hardly wait, but forcing myself to have patients ) 

:D  He did, indeed, Dyald, that's why I'm posting here!  I certainly understand busy, I would just appreciate an occassional post that's just a simple assurance they're there. 

Constantly having to defend yourself gets old, and no one should have to do that.  Working from a positive stance, such as "Working on it!" tends to help -- but isn't perfect, of course, you still get people complaining.  That's just the nature of the beast.  

And of course I have to wave around the php banner, I should be on their payroll.  :D   

I was more 'adding to ' your post than disagreeing with it. There is enough negatives here and I appreciate the positive posts, I think that those of us who aren't chronic complainers don't post enough, for fear of those who are flaming our opinions. and there are a couple.

And yeah, I check back every day in hopes of a little news, and every day I say to myself, maybe tomarrow.

Ohh, durrrr.  I shouldn't try and read posts when I'm not awake.  :B 

I do, too!  We should have a support group.  Or is this it?  XD