From: pdalby@sympatico.ca   
      
   cafba wrote:   
   > Just wondering how many people on this newsgroup no longer visit the   
   > cafba bulletin board because of the password requirement?   
   >   
   > Ever since the password was added the number of listings has plummeted.   
   >   
   > Was it just because of Christmas and too many other things to do or has   
   > the password requirement stopped you from posting?   
   >   
   Before the password was set up, my own usage had dwindled because of the   
   seemingly sudden proliferation of pop-ups and banners.  Alan, I do   
   understand the economics of web sites, and I'm not passing comment,   
   other than to give an opinion, which was solicited.   
      
   Secondly, there seemed to be less and less activity on the forum that   
   interested me and I rarely bumped into anyone I knew (maybe too many   
   army and navy brats clogging up an air force site).:):)   
      
   For me, the password just seemed to be the straw that broke the   
   proverbial camel's back.  It was instituted without prior warning or   
   explanation.  I could understand using a password as a means of   
   protecting personal information in a database, but the forum is the only   
   site location that seems to require a password.  The membership section   
   is freely available to anyone.  What's to protect in a communications   
   environment?  Again, I could understand the need for a password if the   
   forum was being inundated with commercial posts, pornography, or spam,   
   but that didn't seem to be the case.  Rather than make a big issue out   
   of it, I simply voted with my feet.   
      
   Anyway, that's just my $0.02(CDN) worth.   
      
   Paul   
      
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