Cool. Go for it Max.

As for the honorary Ph.D, ya already got a wall hangin full of em here at The Café and, for me, the best one is your commitment to free speech at ALMOST any cost. I truly believe your leadership in this regard has made this "community" far better than it would have ever been otherwise.

Although I have no say in the matter, and should not, I have a question regarding the idea of peeps voting on deleting a post (if I read ya right... did I read ya right?), to wit, you posted, "Instead of the endless debates about whether a post should be deleted or not, the community will be passively voting on the quality, validity and appropriateness of the post as they interact with it. Truly, the technical infrastructure for a community to manage itself, without leadership. We all have one vote."

How does that work? Am I off base with this question or with the following feeble attempt at an example?

Say I was to start a thread about BBQing steaks and the PETA peeps don't like the fact that I like my steaks medium rare and decide they are gonna vote to delete my thread or posts. Can they squelch my freedom of speech that you have so gallantly protected for the past many years? This might apply to the Swamp People thread and, though I have never worn alligator leather clothes or eaten alligator meat, I certainly would shoot one a them nasty critters in a heartbeat. Can I still post about shooting alligators?... or Bambi's mum? And what about my recipe for Bambi's mum steaks and pancakes with maple slurpup? Or my penchant for eating young pussy? PETA might go nuts over that too.

Anyway, whatever you say lad. You have done a fine job in the past. You will, no doubt, do so again in the future.