Sierratrout,
There is some truth in what you say. I don't think we are exactly in "the Decline and Fall of NCFFB", but things are neither as good as they once were, nor as good as they could be. Things are also not as bad as they once were, and not as bad as they could be. Things kinda go like that. Hang around, contribute when you feel like it, and maybe you'll get a bunch of
karma.
If you choose to create a profile (or use the one that I hear exists for you) and Password it, you won't have any ardent admirers posting under your handle. You can set it up so when you just hit the board from your usual computer, it automatically logs you in.
See you sometime, somewhere - you'll probably be expecting it though.
Hmmmmm... I see that some of the Sierratrout posts have a profile, and some don't. THAT is a bug - I'll drop a note to Greg.