I like the filtering idea a great deal. As it stands now, I think the COB concept is way too powerful. There were numerous posts removed willy-nilly on the Porchers thread, for example, and the thread police there gave inadequate reasons, IMO, as to why posts were removed. I like the filter idea a lot, as it appears to give readers the ability to dicern the nature of the Chairman's thinking WRT what is inappropriate, important, etc.