Right SharonA, but Max, in another POST within the past 24-48 hours, also referred to me and another guest contributing to his "Open Letter to GUESTS" thread as--and I quote--"fuckheads" for criticizing him and the way he was running the forum.

So there you have it. I think greg stephens hit the nail exactly on the head. The perception that guests are the problem in Mudcat, rather than jerks, is one fostered and sustained by Max himself. Who in your above quote proves himself as being biased against his own guests with the comment "the fact of the matter is that a lot (not all) of GUEST posts are rude, pointless, attacking and childish." He makes that claim, with no way of substantiating it. Which makes it IN HIS OPINION, not a fact at all.

Until someone presents the fact--ie that out of 186,000 posts, ___% from anon guests and __% from members were deemed to be flames by a third party with no interest in proving the "fact" one way or the other, I remain unconvinced that guests are the problem here, rather than people who are jerks, whether members or guests.