Can we make MN less hostile?

[temporal1]

Amen -

We should all try putting ourselves in the shoes of one coming on the forum for the first time- perhaps a seeker to Anabaptism ad I was long ago it seems.

Take a look at most of the topics going now.
Wouldn’t it shock you if you were a seeker.
And then (gasp) to see the discussions & how people treat each other. Would it make a seeker desire to learn more about Mennonites?

i think and hope the politics subforum is working to shelter most of it from the general public; i think so, a former member emailed awhile back, he’d noticed the forum seemed improved! i told him about the subforum. i believe he still reads. not politics.

unfortunately, it seems the privacy of the subforum has possibly lifted some restraints (?) .. i’m not sure.
anyway, i appreciate Robert’s red letter guidance, here and elsewhere.