I find it ironic that some of the more "insulted" members weren't even members of the forum when the OP made the post.
I agree with the OP.
I think the personal insults such as we bear witness to in this thread should be moderated and discouraged.
It seems to me that it's pretty easy to see who is here to be helpful and who is here to find another argument to excite their passions.
In my opinion the OP was made in an effort to be helpful and many posters who responded demonstrated just how ugly being un-helpful can be.
I am incapable of understanding why people enjoy wallowing in disagreement, so I no longer attempt to understand. I simply bear witness to the fact that it is quite obvious that some people are energized by the opportunity.
I wish the forum software "block" function would hide all aspects of a post and not just the content. That way I could live and let live and simply be unaware of the well defined patterns of post and rebuttal that all the double green lines I see in most threads have come to represent.
I also think it's
excessively lame to moderate a thread by simply moving it rather than offering specific behavior modification suggestions to the posters who have chosen to make personal insults towards the OP and the OP's name. I think that sort of policy of hands off moderation reflects poorly on Cakewalk and that Cakewalk would do well to foster a more collegial atmosphere representative of the many interests of their end user clientele.
regards,
mike