almost entirely, and like much of everything else, it all depends upon the community of people.

here, the community of people is outstanding.

we have high quality here (and attract more of the same), mostly because we demand it.

yes we used to be at SH, and when the unsufferable trolls breached the gates and torched the roof, we all took refuge here.

it's been a hundred tons of really hard work (and likely more than a few ruffled feathers) by volunteers to keep agora as useful (even dare I say it, as "respectable") as it is.

oogee had the courage and tenacity to throw the SH crowd an olive branch a while back, but very, very few there stepped up to the plate.

great thread here.

he really tried valiantly, but in the end it was a lost cause: it seems the SH folk much prefer to remain the Mr. Edward to our Dr. Henry.

as my post alluded to this morning, maybe paying the SH publishers for enhanced pest-control services really is the only practical way to solve the problem.

GLAL,

R.