Seems this is a common theme here for years. Some stay and some open up their own forums, many just fade away or stop posting. It's unfortunate that such immaturity prevails. Debates are healthy. Making personal comments or thwarting someone's initiative is inappropriate and unprofessional.
100% agree - best move is to ignore the 'energy stealers', they are everywhere and not just on this forum.
What they hate most is when the people they are trying to include in their negativity don't respond to their comments.
PM's have their place but we don't want this form going' underground' so please keep posting and just ignore the comments that you feel are trying to drag us down - they will soon get the message and move on.
Nick