Well, I've been anon and posted under many pseudonyms here. I am part of the problem, the thorn in the side of Max and Mudcat for daring to criticise some things around here I felt needed some critical feedback. Joyously and anonymously participated in the Drumcree threads. Contributed to many a music thread.

Won't bother me a bit if there is an email log-in. No different than posting in usenet, where you need an email account to post from. It ain't gonna solve flamers and trolls. Why? Because you've got plenty of members already who are flamers and trollers. Max will have the satisfaction of booting out anybody who's posts he doesn't like. So Max--you gonna throw your friends out of the forum for bad behaviour?

"Members only" ain't gonna make this a better place, just more incestuous than it already is, is all.