>>>Has anyone actually complained about the content of the chatter section (or does anyone want to). Or was this just a unilateral decision on Michel's part ?
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>>I would bet there were some complaints in the thread were Walter got banned or at least temporary banned.
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>I wasn't even aware that he was out, until I noticed today that any of his messages show his name in the light grey color (instead of dark black), and you can't link to his messages (at least not directly).
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>A few months ago, Walter openly made some very ugly comments. I know they were said in anger, but I told him to cut it out - that I viewed him as a valuable member in the SQL area and I didn't want to see him get kicked.

I didn't realize he was banned either - what a bummer. I guess I never noticed the ugly comments from a few months ago. Well hopefully it's just temporary and he will be back.