The intent of the Open Forum was to provide a space for people to rant, vent or just discuss any topic that interests them. We've always said the rules are applied a little more lightly there than in other spaces. Personal attacks against other users is going to be unacceptable anywhere on the forums. We've learned this from years of running a message board like this (we've had this up in one way or another since about 1993!) and I've yet to see any example of how it can happen in a positive manner. Ranting about issues, things that bother you, etc. is perfectly acceptable in any part of our forums. Many of you have been doing it for years!
So I guess that my suggestion would be to use the Open Forum for ranting, just not about other users here. Does that work?
-josh
