Very kind of you to drop in and say so, thank you.

I hope you would agree, scm, that using the sexual preference of a group of people to ridicule, is not acceptable.

The user concerned has now created two more profiles here to fight their corner, but should know that they are not welcome back.

I'm closing this thread now.

I'm disappointed to have to write this, but I'm grateful to one user who reported an offensive, homophobic post. The user who wrote that post, who was an active member with over 500 posts, has been banned permanently, and the post has been deleted. I wish to make it crystal clear that this forum is ...

Apologies everyone, the new forum provider is taking an age to do the switch. Fingers crossed it won't be too long now.

I'm going to lock this thread as it isn't heading in any kind of helpful direction for anyone concerned.

Thanks scm, I'm locking this thread and the conversation can continue in the buying forum at this link: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=8778

Thank you all for the input so far, plenty to consider and act upon. Keep it coming please!

scm wrote: ↑Fri Sep 27, 2024 4:33 pm
Also you'd end up reading responses to posts you haven't reached yet!

I think that you have delivered the knock-out blow there...

Btw, in case it wasn't clear, like Moss & Scm I prefer the posts in chronological order too. Looks like we've got a divergence of opinion already 😂 Thanks, I suspect that we will keep the present latest-at-the-bottom-of-the-page look, for various reasons, not least that if you start reading the...

I think the way it works at the moment, ie. the red icon taking you to the first unread post, actually works well. The issue for me was that I didn't know about the feature until someone kindly pointed it out. So maybe having a "hints & tips for forum users" section somewhere might be...