True. As to the books it was 45 years ago.

Love the "Mark as read" feature. Brilliant solution! Thanks, Scott. One can still reread them if desired, or skip past to new material. Genius!

Turfprint, it would be nice not to see a misprint of Ayn Rand's name in a comment from someone who has read her books and has fallen in love with her? You can love her and not love her acolytes. Especially those who didn't understand her sense of life.

Nice addition, Scott.

Done. Check out the new "More..." link in the main navigation. Let me know what you think.

It does that too. The dropdown menu currently "Submitted", "Comments", and "Marketplace" posts.

Thanks J.

yup -- last time I looked, I was right here, too!!! -- j

Thanks for the clarification, Scott!!! -- j

Wow. I thought that showed the threads you started...

Thanks.

Jan

Yeah. Me too. But now I can fix it - Yay!

Jan, not particular about spelling, "Yay"

To see all comments from a particular member, click on their member name and then select "View: Comments" in the drop down menu located underneath their profile picture. For instance, http://www.galtsgulchonline.com/jlc/comm...

I second that notion to have the FAQ visible at the top of the page. I did not know until reading this that there was a FAQ at the bottom of the page! I don't often scroll all the way down and when I do it is to read something.

Thanks - this helps.

Well, Turfprint, it seems that every system has
its hypocrites. It is sad that some people place
their snobbery above actually living the philosophy
and true dedication to the cause.

Hey, George! . no artificial barriers to Rand admiration
or rationality here -- I have 3 degrees and my wife
has none; we get along very well, as do the great
folks here in the gulch!!! -- j

I identified myself as out-of-bounds last night when
a post which I was about to make contained vile
language (in a video). . not a troll, but out-of-bounds. I cancelled the post. -- j

I like to edit a lot, too. Partly because I inevitably see something after posting because the layouts are different, and partly because I am a bit of a stickler with spelling, etc. And I get mad at myself when I blow it, like the disrupting/disreputing gaff in this post.

I find that I am using the Edit utility a lot. Thank you for adding that.

I would like to have a way I could find all of the comments posted by a particular individual (not just the threads they began). There are some folks whose input is almost always interesting to me, and if I am short on time I could browse thru their comments.

Jan

Thanks Ibecame. Those are both good ideas and will definitely be considered.

I do too.

I just posted this on "What the Gulch is... and what it isn't." But I think here is a good spot for the comment.:
My first exposure to Aynn Rand was at a social gathering at a small condo in Tiburon Ca. around 1970. I had been asked to tag along with a friend of mine who thought I would be interested. And I was interested, but it seems they weren’t that interested in me. They were having a party later and I was not invited, according to my friend the host felt I was not the “right type” Referring to my self-educated status and not inclusive of business acumen. To me those attending this Aynn Rand social event appeared more interested in how their conversation sounded than what it communicated. For my part I wasn’t interested in talking about the philosophy of living large, I was busy doing it. Nonetheless through the BS filtered enough about Aynn Rand to pique my interest. So I went to the source, read her books, checked up on her ideas, and fell dead in love with her.
Just recently I was reminded of that 1970’s historical party. I went to my attorney / business partner with a well thought out legal position. Part way through my theoretical justifications I observed him in pantomime masturbation or elsewise stated… He was doing the crazy hand jive motion with his hand. He then told me, “George, it is important in life not to believe your own lies.” And ‘that’ reminded me of my first and last Aynn Rand social gathering.

LOL! I always feel compelled to click on "hidden" out of sheer curiosity.

I have two suggestions (although far be it from me to pile work on someone else):
First, Your answers were so concise I think they should be added to the FAQ's.
Second, I would suggest adding a FAQ tab to the top menu bar. I remember at first when I stumbled into the Gulch it was a bit confusing until I discovered the FAQ link at the bottom of the page. Having it at the top would be friendlier to new people.
Thank you for the great comment.

You hit the nail on the head. A troll's main purpose is to disrupt. You really have to evaluate on a case by case basis, but most the time they're pretty easy to spot. When in doubt, hit the flag button.