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Message: [QUOTE="JohnHuff, post: 119774, member: 4156"] WB has an abrasive personality and his information is most often "worthless" (to use one of his favorite words) to newbies. When a newbie comes to this forum for advice, his initial advice is usually along the form of telling him his current setup is worthless and he needs to set up a trickle filter or a fluidized bed filter along with a lot of technical words. Tell me, what do you think a newbie is going to think of that? I've moderated my own forum for more than 10 years. WB comes across as one of those internet bullies who likes to throw his weight around, I don't like them in my own forum because they create an antagonistic atmosphere and can scare off newbies or just people who don't agree with him. In fact my second post on this forum was telling him to eff off. I used to think that WB's purpose here was to show off rather than to help but now I think that WB really does want to help, he just doesn't know how to tailor his advice to the level of the person asking for help. I don't mind saying that I've learned a lot from his posts, but he does take getting used to. And I really love this forum, the members here are cool and helpful. [/QUOTE]