[Ratatoskr]

I thought this thread had been posted because of a rather paranoid, anti-FR, email campaign to multiple FR members.

I didn't say why this thread had been posted, only that this sort of response contributes to a sense of feud. If there were such a "campaign", is this how you would go about calming it down?

You've been around for a while. How many of these "Future of FR" threads have you seen?

[Dales]

If there were such a "campaign",

There is no need for the word if there.

The fact that there is such a campaign is without doubt.

is this how you would go about calming it down?

By pointing out that it is being instigated, and pointing out who is doing the instigation?

You bet.

I think Jim did the right thing here.

[cake_crumb]

"I didn't say why this thread had been posted, only that this sort of response contributes to a sense of feud. If there were such a "campaign", is this how you would go about calming it down?"

I've seen a couple of threads like this.

I would calm the thing down exactly as JimRob has: get it out in the open, let the chips (err...posters) fall where they may.

There is no sense in keeping quiet when somebody is sneaking around and doing nasty things. The nasty thing-doers tend get bolder when you stay quiet and let them think they're getting away with it. We have a right to know. Letting US know, and letting US decide, and giving US threads like this one to discuss the email in question and even air complaints which aren't even pertinent to the thread...it says a lot for FR's openness and honesty.

Besides the politics, FR's openness and honesty are why I became a FReeper.

BTW...I checked my hotmail, but...(**sniff...complex coming on here**) I didn't get one of those emails.