I don’t see Jim getting involved so much in the blogging issues as much as you do. Jim may be unfairly being targeted here, even though he does set some common sense rules. Some on this board might have been a little “ahem” overzealous against bloggers, causing Jim to be accused of being a censoring dictator.
The problem, as I’ve seen it, is those bloggers who are using FR as a free source of blog hits and NEVER participate in the discussions they post threads to start.
They are hit and run posters; just post a thread and never heard from again, even when people as them for comments or suggest they participate.
FR was not established from everything I’ve seen, as source of free advertising for people to use and not pay for.