I realize Dave isn't here to respond, so this is for the rest of us - whether you use your real name or a "handle."
Dave Pratt said:
No industry board will ever carry credibility unless real names are used by ALL posters.
This is your opinion, nothing more. And you know what they say about opinions.
Otherwise, petty jealousies, personal agendas, personal vendettas, current work environments or station competition will never be filtered.
Expecting to filter "petty jealousies, personal agendas," etc. from a board dedicated to an industry rife with all those things is a bit unrealistic.
Unfortunately, this board means absolutely nothing.
Maybe not to you, Dave, but it means something to the people who regularly post here.
After giving my best effort to make change, I am signing off forever.
Who invited you to change this place, Dave? It has been doing just fine without you, and will continue just fine from here on out. You wanted to enforce your view of how things should be around here without giving a moment of thought to the fact that this is not YOUR discussion board. It is not yours to change, and the fact that you stormed off angrily after failing to bend it to your will tells me maybe it will be better off without you.
...professionals who truly desire a meaningful exchange of thoughts and ideas...
The key words here being "thoughts and ideas." This is not a social networking site. It IS a board for discussing thoughts, ideas, gossip, etc. If the gossip and scuttlebutt coming from an anonymous poster looks fishy, we're free to judge for ourselves whether or not to accept it. If the ratings analysis from a poster who uses their real name is wrong, we're free to dispute it.
When it comes to thoughts and ideas, we should judge them on their own merit, not necessarily on who is posting them.
That's the way this place works, and if you don't like it, nobody is forcing you to post here.