Quote Originally Posted by waterbear View Post
Janet,
I understand where you are coming from but tell me... what about a newbie who comes here and has questions but cannot register and get them answered? Unless they are lucky enough to come across TFP or even Poolcenter's forum in a search engine they are basically at a dead end. (I certainly hope they don't end up on Poolspaforum!) Perhaps it might be beneficial to this segment of the pool owning market that are looking to learn more and get advice to be able to direct them to places where they can become actively involved.
I know there are no easy answers to this but isn't one of the reasons we got together as a community in the firstplace was to help other pool owners and exchange knowledge? I know that there is a wealth of information to be found on here just by searching and browsing the posts but it still does not compare to the handholding and encouragement someone gets when they post their progess with such things as clearing a green pool or converting from biguanide.
Evan:

This is why the moderators have, as a team, decided to continue to allow references to TFP--so that there is a place people can register, post questions and get answers. If our forum ever opens up again to allow new registrations, it will be up to Ben to decide, at that time, if such a referral is OK.

Janet fully understands this, and she speaks for the 4 of us. But if referral to TFP turns to criticism of PF--knocking us down to build TFP up, or further recriminations against Ben for the same purpose, we wll step in using our roles as moderators to protect PF.

Carl.