Hey Doug.....
I can understand your reasoning for removing your information off the site. That is just plain wrong. For someone to wanna take action against another for being honest and not to let others get hurt at someone else's.... let's say devious intentions.... is just plain wrong. I hope that person was banned. I've been hounded a few times and none of them have ever materialized. I'm not looking for confrontation, but I don't run from it. A few years ago, from another site, someone started talking about information about me that was almost impossible to know, but with some digging around could get a hold of I guess. They talked about my wife, some pets and other things that was just creepy. Again, nothing ever came of it, but it does make you wonder what kind of pond scum is out there.
As for GP's reasons... this seems to be a pattern lately. Many eyes are watching and with so many talking out in the open in the peanut gallery, I don't see how this can be avoided, unless we all start blocking all kinds of information. However, when critiquing or discussing potential layouts, pricing and other things..... it's hard to get the whole picture if we can't talk freely.
We should not have to go underground to have open discussions about our industry. Perhaps we could discuss this in a different light in the
'Premium' section..... or some reasonable fact simile.