Was that just a vendor's forum post I just read? Hope, please, just....stop and listen. Let everyone get to know you through your actions and words. Don't force anyone to get to know you. It will happen in good time. This is a community that is well known for eating it's young. We are a volatile, cantankerous bunch that like to, need to vent, whether it makes sense or not. That is part of how creative minds communicate. It's like being in a meeting and brainstorming.

As has been said many, many times. It's not just the freebie rule. That is the straw that broke the camel's back. It started before that. It started before you were hired..but came to a crescendo starting with the site redesign, the gallery mess up, the MP mess up and finally but certainly not least of all, the Prime Club mess up. It is clear now after being told time and time again how to resolve some of the issues, that people still feel they are not being listened to. Locked threads with a "nothing more to discuss here" whether or not it was meant to be dismissive that phrase is dismissive.

Imagine if you were talking to someone face to face, it was a bit heated or not so much, they look you straight in the eye and say "Nothing more to discuss here" and they turn and walk away. Would that make you feel good or would it leave you with your mouth hanging open and your brain going WHAT???!!!!. Seriously.