[deep thinker]

Ok so there has been alot of reasoning why to have and why not to have a private forum for a certain group of freedivers and spearos, but say you do get a private forum, and now another group wants one. Heck what if the boys from Gurnsey, Cornwall and us here in cape town who all started dedicated threads for our specific areas wants private forums in wich to discuss our diving endeavors.
Dont you think it will be counter productive to the whole idea around DB (sharing and reading other peoples ideas and stories) Cause if you make it available to one, you have to make it available to the whole comunity and I can bet you that some of the new comers to our +12000 strong membership will just disapear cause they dont find any interest from other older users who have all gone off to talk in their own little private forums.
Like Sara and Adrian said become a supporter or use the ignore button if you really want a private forum but dont exclude and disrupt the larger group of people who visit the site regularly and make it enjoyable for the rest here.
Its just a fact that if one has it others will want it and that I feel will cause disruption and lack of interest in a site we all find very usefull and entertaining at any time of the day...