I like this forum too- I see a few issues that I think prevent it from being the "main" forum- ie getting critical mass. 1) Perception of being Poser-centric 2) Some find the advertising offensive 3) No email option 4) Threads are not marked to indicate new messages 1 and 2 can't easily be changed as they are personal. 3- I'm waiting to see how Ringo pulls this one off. There are still quite a few members at Yahoo that will only be dragged kicking and screamming into the 90's. ;-) Closing the yahoo group might be the only way. 4- This one is a personal peeve. Am I missing something here? I've never found a good way to browse the newest posts. Topics, yes, but not posts. If the traffic were higher, I have a feeling I'd get frustrated.