Bob, as you have stated, "Obviously there is a problem."
We know from experience that when we moved from a public board to a private board (on RB) the problem ended. I for one miss the old club. I think it was a hasty and poor idea to move here. There was a problem with long posts being cut off for a day or two, so jimlur jumped ship.
Now we have a big mess. Bigger than some posts being shortened for 2 days.
We lost the ignore feature. We lost the ability to post more than 18 times, maybe fewer if you change that rule. We lost the ability for jimlur to police the thread effectively. We lost spell check too.
There's been a ton of crap posted here the last couple of days that never would have been on the RB club. Longtime, valuable posters have resorted to name calling and swearing. That is the true measure of your success with this group. It is not how many memberships are paid or anything else.