No insult intended McGrath, but as a long time Mudcat member with some guest issues of your own, I don't think you are the best judge of whether or not guests feel welcome when they come here.

Problem is, if a guest doesn't feel welcome here, they aren't too likely to stick around to tell the forum about it, especially if they've seen what you are calling member "vigilantism".

If any of member/guest problems were about really malicious posters, paranoid vigilante members might be able to justify their suspicion, paranoia, and cynicism about forum strangers. But Mudcat hasn't seen anything approaching the level of malicious posters/hackers/spammers in years.

Like you said, what the hell does it matter is someone who is a duck is parading around as a chicken? Cross-dressing is very traditional. But the level of stalking and vigilantism around here by certain members here is downright creepy--I know, I continue to be on the receiving end of it. It just plain isn't normal.