Hi John. 

I am not a moderator or employee of our host. What Willie said about trolls, especially one absolute troll, is true. Too many regulars and old-timers got fed up with the lack of supervision over this forum and went elsewhere. I just try to spotlight spammers, mainly to protect visitors and new members from potentially dangerous links. 

This forum seems to be almost un-moderated - in the past when I reported a spam post, it and my report would be deleted, usually within the day. Now they just sit there.

Curiously, someone did delete all the threads and posts complaining about the current level of service from MiniMania, It is sad.

I think that Facebook has almost killed most forums. Also on here there were a few really bad trolls that really didn't get very much control over.

Dan,

Its been awhile since I posted on this forum...so long I had to create a new account several years ago because i no longer had the email and phone number on file.  What has happened where there are so many spammers now.  I remember this forum used to be pretty active and there was always people with parts and spares for sale.

John

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