Questions should mean only questions and replys.I think that should be the way to go,very misleading for new cuties...

Sigrun I agree with you 100%. Had the feeling the last time that there were to many jokes and other stuff like lists etc. in the PUBLIC-section.
Greetings, Bettina

what does it matter..

Here here, someone has a VERY THICK SKIN.

The jokes on here are really amusing to read and it breaks the boredom of listening to the wingers like you that wrote this comment. It is better to have a laugh every day than lisyening to the constant negative comments in the world today.If you don't like the jokes, no one is forcing you to read them. I say good on the lady that is writing these jokes, she is brillant. I wish she would write a book with them all in, I would definately buy it.

I could never figure out the difference between Public and Personal.... Me Bad! ;)

These is not important in my opinion. It´s important that we are all cuties and that we have and share moastly the same interest´s.

I was under the impression that this subject had been put to rest and buried in the corner with all the other rubbish. Lets get on with the important stuff. Hugs Marg

It was originally set up that way. First there was only the one place to post, then the tabs for Freebies, Personal information, and Private Messages were added by Veronika, the site owner, so that the place you come to first, which is Public, would be for help with sewing and embroidery questions. Freebies was for posting all the free designs people wanted to share where they found them, and Personal was for prayer requests, babies, grandkids, items of a more truly personal nature between friends here that wouldn't be immediately on display to anyone just browsing the site. That was working well for a while, then a whole raft of newer people came and when they were asked nicely to put posts in the appropriate tab, everybody got into a big snit and there was a lot of fighting and hard feelings. The tabs were put there by the site owner for a reason, but that one extra click seemed to be beyond the ability of some to make their mouse hand do. So that's why we have ended up with this mess yet again, and why so many many of the people who were here years ago and enjoyed it are no longer coming, or are doing a quick read and going somewhere else. We have lost much valuable sewing expertise and a couple of good digitizers. If I could find the post the site owner, Veronika, made at the time, I would put a link to it, but it's probably 100 pages back. Basically, people have come to view this space as an instant messenger service, a blog, a substitute for Facebook, not an embroidery/sewing Q&A service as it was set up to be. Veronika has 6 websites to manage, and hasn't the time or interest to moderate and referee these petty squabbles, so they will continue forever. And a lot of people who want help will never get it. That's the history of why, Sigrun, and you'll just get beaten up for trying to change it. Brave of you to bring it up, put your armor on, you'll need it. Hugs, Marji