I've made use of the ignore list. The forum gets more and more civilized as the list grows. It's pretty sad.

This is a rather hostile section. Unfortunately, I've often not posted a question here knowing what will happen. I use other forums to get answers to my questions. Pretty sad state of affairs when that happens.

If the motive is profit, the forum will do better with a larger membership list. A larger membership list is much more likely with a civilized and respectable forum. Not with a hostile one that scares off new members.