>> the dominance of shoot-from-the-hip posts,
You are the master of understatement.
You make me blush, FRiend Jeff.
Seriously, I wrote professionally for 25 years. Now that I’m retired, FR helps me keep my writing chops somewhat tuned.
The downside is that, as I insist on turning in clean copy, I’m often one of the last getting involved in one of these fast-moving discussions.