Originally Posted by: CSchlegelLOL. I thought that was a good thing. :)

Perhaps as merely a reader of this forum and not much of a contributor my opinions don't count but I beg to differ on this.

What I see is a clique and a clique can make a forum less good. I think there's a possibility that others (who may feel like outsiders?) may be less likely to contribute and this will detract from the whole. "Maybe I would've replied to that thread but now it's been answered immediately by a 'resident' I won't bother!" springs to my mind.

I'm not saying there's anything malicious about the clique but the backslapping can get a bit tiresome and is in danger of restricting contributions from anyone other than those who are members of the in-crowd........