Tailscrape, thanks for moderating your post. Whilst i was not defending Seriph or his comment, your reply to the post did nothing to help your cause. Whilst you may think it is easy managing 50K+ registered users out of which nearly 3,000 actually make posts, every one an individual with a style all of their own, you will understand why some people are more 'acidic' than others in their tone.
Seriph manages to upset a lot of people just as 411A does but so far all I have seen is replies to comments made by other contributors and not direct abuse. There is a difference between abuse and caustic comments which I think everyone on PPRuNe needs to understand. It is what makes these forums so interesting for most people because of the debate and not the venom.
I can guarantee that as soon as I even think about charging for access to PPRuNe you would find 99% of readers going elsewhere for their daily dose of rumour and debate because most people, pilots especially are cheapskates when it comes to the internet. Also, if you have access to your company private forum you will be aware that forums populated only by airline pilots can be very boring indeed.
Also, don't take what someone has in their profile for granted. I can assure you that there are many people on here who do not blow thir own trumpets when posting on PPRuNe. Just because someone does not put anything intheir profile does not mean that they are not qualified to make a comment. Unlike the Guvnor who used multiple ID's and made grandiose claims to be an airline pilot of many types including the L1011 we all knew he had no such experience or even professional licence.
Anyway, back to the debate.