"?.. and people are free to write what they want"
Of course they are, Geoff.
But then there are some people who only write things that are relevant to the current thread.
There are also people who write what they want, no matter how irrelevant, offensive or tedious; they write stuff that is only comprehensible to their small clique of 6 or so, and have no consideration for the others (6? 600? 6000?) who may actually read the posts in the hope of learning about the threads' subject matter. This latter group write what they want because they are sad gits, who have nothing better to do with their time. I had hoped that you might not want to include yourself in the latter group. It seems that I was mistaken.
"As others have suggested, if you can't accept the format, move on, form your own newsgroup"
I can accept the format. There is some useful, even valuable, information posted in some threads. That usually stops when the clique of sad gits, the MM FWs, get started.
"If you have some constructive input, we're waiting ... and waiting ..."
Then clearly you haven't been paying attention. Please refer to the posts on 8th & 9th October, which mentioned another thread in which I had made a small but constructive input correcting misleading information previously given by Andy Hall. I was amply rewarded by his performance of verbal gymnastics in his efforts to avoid admitting that he had made a (whisper) mistake.
Of course, I will finish this, I have better things to do. Unlike you. But first, I just had to find out what ?moreling' was.