Digital BW, The Print

Well I'll be damned! I finally got something I wrote posted on this 
site, and even got a reply! 

Mincing words, aren't you Peter? You're saying this isn't a "forum?" 
Well, now, here we really do have a failure to communicate because 
you are mixing red herrings into this.  (Say, do you work for the 
government?) Of course it is a forum and you can look it up. "Forum: 
public meeting place for open discussion."  This site is open to 
anyone who wants to read it, is it not? Anyone can join the group, 
right? Spare me the lame hair-splitting.

The fact remains this site has been poorly planned. It suffers from 
having no intuitive common sense. Your statement about it really 
being a "mailing list" is meaningless. I've participated in 
enough "forums" to recognize when one is disfunctional because of 
redundant rules. Please don't twist my displeasure into a criticism 
of the people in the group because it has nothing to do with them.  

All I am asking for are clear and simple directions on how to join 
and participate in the group, without having to wade through a lot 
of horseshipping artifacts! (Jesus, this is my third attempt to post 
a reply and I still am not certain how I accomplished it.) No one 
should have to go to another site just to learn how to post replies 
in the first place. 

 
With luck maybe whoever runs this forum will get the message and 
realize maybe...just maybe, my complaints warrant attention and some 
much needed streamlining are in order. (Or, maybe not.)

And, like Forrest Gump, that's all I am going to say about that!