From the submitter's point of view...

[tigermom]

Originally Posted by MadMax

P.S. I worked very hard not to post this with a "damned newbies trying to change the world before they even know the rules of the road" attitude. Not sure if I succeeded....

lol it's ok. I figured it might get under the skin of a few LL owners I actually perfectly understand where you're coming from. I own a very large mainstream forum as well as directories. I know what it feels like when a noob shows up and begins to blab about things that "us veterans" have been through again and again... And I figured most of the issues would actually get good responses. And they did too. Thanks everyone.

I think I just wanted to show what it looks like from the point of view of the newbie, not aiming necessarily to make you guys change stuff. As I stated in the beginning, this wasn't a rant but just a reflection of what it looks like when you are totally new to this and face these things for the first time.