I have a suggestion that I hope won't offend anyone, but I've noticed that there are a lot of entries in people's Journals that are encouragements from other members ''you're doing great" type posts. While these are wonderful to get, I'm afraid that in three months, our journals will be 1/4 journal and 3/4 encouragement. Could I suggest that if a someone wants to send a pat on the back or a suggestion that it be done by PMs instead of posting? I don't mean the Mentor's or Moderators posts, or if someone has a really substantive suggestion, but the more chat type posts.

I don't mean this as a criticism of anybody, please. I've been doing the same thing myself before I realized the long-term effect it could have.