Good ideas - keep 'em coming.
Joe - I think we can be a better community which is more important (and realistic) than being the best site with high paid articles. But you are absolutely right on quality articles and content going a long way. So while high paid articles might not be on the table these days I should have some way to provide incentive for those that do.
Karl - if we were easier on the moderators we wouldn't have to be so swift on any Hari-Kari button
. I think they do a great job even though they don't get as much recognition as they should get (from the community and from me). Its not fair to think that people should get crahpped on and then be asked why a comment or thread wasn't whisked away quick enough to suit another person's preferences. (In fact, I believe I asked you at one point if you wanted to do some moderating and you said something to the effect of no bleeping way
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This is all good. Thanks!
John