Well, it is true that there has been a lot of anonymous flaming lately, and Max, I have solicited support from the funders that you are talking to, so I understand the position that you are in--but we have had a couple of nice music threads--from my point of view, anyway, which is that questions were asked that drew out answers that ended up helping others to develop their playing skills--not by providing encouragement, but by saying, "Do this, then this, and you'll get this"--and actually having people do it, and say, "So that's how you do it!", and that ought to carry some weight with them, as well--

Still, there are a few people(both anonymous and not anonymous) who find it necessary to take potshots at the people who ask the questions and the people who answer them, and it is troubling--I do remember BruceO's last fairwell, and there was a particular person(a full-fledged member, not an anonymous GUEST) who mounted an astoundingly vicious and abusive attack on him--you won't find it, because it was deleted, but not before the damage was done--

It is not much of a secret that BruceO came back as a GUEST, without a handle, and vented a bit before he left--maybe not the best response, but an understandable one--for some people, at least, it exposed the fact that angry GUESTS often are active participants who have been hurt enough to want to hit back--Sadly enough, Bruce's actions are remembered, not those of the member who attacked him--

If an underwriter is hesitant to put their money on the line unless they can be assured that situations like this will not occur in the future, I can understand that, as well--