pisces, we had hrd many times fr BL & CL tt e forum's purpose is supposed to encourage active participation in motherhood discussions & not e marketplace. y e restriction was imposed cos many newcomers just join to sell things or participate in wts, main interest is oni in marketplace, thus marketplace takes up a lot of e server's resources. we just felt tt e system is not fair for newcomers as there r aso many old timers who seldom or never appears in motherhood discussions & oni come in to sell things, tis aredi doesn't meet e forum's purpose. yet, they r allowed just becos they joined b4 e cut-off date.
is it our fault tt we oni become mothers in 2007? those who become mothers in 2008, is it their fault tt they oni become mothers then? sometimes, i find tt we r 2nd class citizens.
then e effort to report to mods abt newcomers posting in irrelevant sects to lelong stuff, doesn't such postings take up server resources & mods' time to investigate & remove e threads? then some threads r removed, some r not. those kanna removed, will complain y others' threads still ard? then mods gotta appear to explain. more postings created for this kinda things, wun they take up more resources? then mods gotta monitor who turn 1yo so tt can "promote" them to become regular members. tink mods got better things to do leh.
sometimes, i find tt tis is becoming v.unhealthy, causes a lot of unhappiness, like creating a war zone btwn members joining b4 & aft 15 nov 06. newcomers always hv old timers breathing down our necks tt we can't do tis, we can't do tt. we r all mothers, y can't we live in harmony? moving on, i tink there shd be a better way to control e resources consumed in marketplace.