Thanks to everyone who has posted so far. I welcome your opinions and comments.
Please understand that I do think these changes are a positive step. For those who want merely to socialize, there are forums for that purpose. For those who want merely to advertise, there are tons of sites to do that.
Adland is the best community I know of to do what the best of the best do here. Luella mentioned Kathleen Gage. I agree, and I would also cite Linda Caroll, Clay Page, Linda Miller and others.
My post was meant to express my shock that some people apparently lost their heads over having this new power. I'm hoping they will soon settle down so as not to abuse it.
For those who didn't upgrade, I'd like to make a suggestion about how to use the one forum they have open to them for best effect. Rather than creating new forums and deleting old ones, set up a permanent forum and post new threads to it. You can link information from one thread to another if you need to in order to keep continuity in your communications. I would be happy to help anyone who needs help doing that.
This doesn't need to be the end of Adland as we know it. I hope everyone will adjust to the changes, welcome what's good about them, and learn to use what's here to best advantage.
Thanks for being here and being my friends.
Cheri
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