Another thread made me think this might be something that needs to be said, especially for newer members. If you feel like a thread you start isn't getting a lot of responses- trust me you are not alone. I promise it isn't personal and I would bet every single one of has has started a thread and been a little hurt by the lack of response. This forum is so large that sometimes threads get buried or overlooked. If this happens to one of your threads just give it a bump.
I have not found this forum to be cliquey but if there are cliques, I haven't been invited to one yet and I still enjoy here, lol.
You can read the first few pages of the thread killer thread and see that we all have moments of taking things personally, even long time members, but since we all have those moments, it can't be personal, lol. Did that make any sense?
Edit for clarity- To sum up my rambling, all members are valued and there is no popularity contest.
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"If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men." — St. Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226