Newbie here

[Questioner]

Have you seen this kind of thing at other discussion forums?

Well, actually as I said in my first post, I have not ever really felt the need to join or even post in an online forum with the strange exception of this one!

Oh, I'm sorry I missed that. But I'm also glad that you get such a friendly, thoughtful community as your first example. When I got started online, it was with dial-up bulletin board systems that had special interest forums similar in tone to this one, on a variety of subjects. It helped me have high expectations for what online discussions should be like.

I do know that as a forum becomes bigger, there is more of a chance for it to attract spam and unhelpful users. And we already have 969 members registered here! It might also have to do with the event of a massive amount of positivity attracting the negativity for balance.

I think you're right, and more on the second point. I don't have the reference handy, but I remember some of the L/L Research material, maybe from Ra, points out that as a light source increases its intensity with the doubling that comes from each sincere source (minus some loss to inefficiency), it attracts darkness that would prefer to stop that shining.

I think that the rude, self-serving, mindless spambot activity is used against this forum as an example of a "psychic greeting" discouraging us from continuing. This doesn't mean that those doing the spamming have the slightest interest or clue in any kind of spiritual teachings, not even negative spirituality - only that their mindset opens them to be a tool of corruption. That's why I wanted to bring this all out into the open for discussion.

I suggest maybe a clearer mission statement on the front page or clearer link to the L/L publications as the focus of the forum.

When you signed up, was that purpose not clear to you? I'm wondering how that could be put.

Of course I think that your suggestion for the new, relative capcha is a great idea!

My pride says: thankya vera much.

(Full disclosure: this is not a good likeness of your Questioner.)