[DBlain]

to me the thing I like least about being in the GE is the baby talking and thinking of the baby talking and feeling like I had to be on everyday commenting on other clue threads and making my own up. If I do the GE exchange again I will say up front not to expect much out of me on that front, while I like sending teasers I do not like spending so much time reading and posting on silly threads. The other thing I did not like was the pressure to post pics and a smile box like the second I got the box. The rules give you time but participants and observers don't. I like to really make mine nice but that takes time. I notice the SBoxs seem to be getting shorter and that is probably why, people feel they need to post them the day the box arrives.

I would also like it better if all the smileboxes were posted during the same time period. if you have early birds that gives away some of who has who, you can thank your buddy via a PM but post the smile box a bit later during perhaps a week window.

I also think we drag the signups on to long, seems like most that are interested know it's coming and if they are going to participate or not. I also notice lots sign up on the last day but that is only because most people are holding off waiting to see who else is signing up. Yet the sign up thread stays open for often longer than a month. That also takes up time of those involved, cause we are always checking and checking and checking. Plus the one I was in took almost a week to get our buddy, and so that lead to more speculation threads and checking and checking. I say a two week sign up window and two days later have your buddy.

LOL sorry just thinking about things other than money that might keep me and other people from joining