ALL!!!
For your support...for your faith in our belief that people from all walks of diving can come and play and have fun and when someone comes along that doesn't 'get it' that they are welcomed anyway but gently advised by other members how to fit in around here. And if they still choose not to fit in...well we hope that they will find someplace else to have 'that kind of fun'.
But the past few weeks have made us realize that some of the rules and tenants of our community are not widely known...nor are they in a single place easy to find. We believe in giving everyone the benefit of the doubt...until they prove themselves wrong or we find out that their intentions are not honorable.
As a result you'll see some new policies for our community being posted shortly and you'll see a procedure for asking a member to either take a short vacation from the site or permanently leave the site if they break our rules. But first we need to make sure that everyone knows the rules...kinda hard to play a game where the rules aren't known...or change mid-stream.
So we thank you for your support...your suggestions on how to make the site better and yes for the chance to reinforce that we have created a unique culture in the message board world...and in the diving world...that being nice prevails over everything else! Afterall....who gets into diving for grief? controversary? or stress? Diving is the escape from all of that...and SD.com is the escape between dives aka your 'surface interval' from the day to day hassles. So if you want some fun...some diving...some relationship help...and some great friends...you've come to the right place.
If you want to cause trouble, troll, start an argument or a host of other negative behaviors....please go elsewhere. Its not welcome here. -Kamala aka ww