Mark, I'm one of 6 moderators. When I got involved in the thread, unless there are extraordinary circumstances, I shouldn't
get involved in moderating the thread. I chose to try and point out that when a poster makes a comment that you don't
agree with and think it has no merit and is just a "slam" against a product you think highly of, that maybe you should question the
poster on their experience with the product they're critiquing as opposed to just automatically going into an attack mode and
making counter accusations. That can often point out what is merely an opinion as opposed to someone that is pointing out
a potential legitimate flaw.
We don't have any rule that I know of that limits anyone to a set number of posts. I think we all hope that everyone waits till
they feel they have something worthwhile to contribute to the forum before posting. But we also hope that those with knowledge
and something to share will always feel free to express it here when they'd like to.
Moderators and Admins often take a thrashing for being too restrictive and PC. And then we also get a thrashing for not moderating
when someone wants us to. I'm not sure how to accomplish them both and make everyone happy all the time. I think we try and
strike some sort of middle ground to make as many feel welcome and want to contribute as possible.