There are enough positive and informed posters on this board to more than compensate for any negativity. As long as the negativity does not lead to misleading half truths as we can see daily on the other board we will survive. Everyone likes to gloat a little when they score a touchdown. Good refs, however will know when the glotee goes over the line. I enjoy reading the board and if reading some posts that do not agree with me is the price I have to pay to keep things from getting personal, I have no problem with that . If you do not want to read silvers posts you have that option to skip over them, as we all do. You can use the PM system if you want to get personal. Gloting and negative comments are not (as far as I know) violating any of Agoracom rules.