A careful reading of Guest,Al's first post will show that he was not referring to BS threads, but to "BS" on non-BS threads. Presumably he was frustrated with threads that meander while simultaneously failing to get to the point of the request. Unfortunately, his example: 'Don't say "I have the recording - I'll post it if nobody else does."' did not help his case, for the reason Metchosin gave in the first response.

Guest,Al's original viewpoint may be shared by others who would prefer to see song request threads kept short and on topic. Unfortunately (again), the scolding and dictatorial nature of his first post and the understandably negative reactions to it have likely discouraged some who might have felt as he did from posting.

A new thread, Guest,Al, using the "honey instead of vinegar" approach, may at this point be more effective in seeing if there is support for your position.