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[billy]

the site started out without rules in the main. then we just got people who posted their own stuff and nothing else. over the years, about 5 now; the rules have been laid out in order to benefit the just

no one's perfect at anything...okay ella's the perfect mod and Leanne ..well she's just perfect, but that's about it. a good meme though it isn't one i use though i should is: I shall try to be perfect.. i see you've already left feedback on the site. that's as near to being perfect as we hope for round here

'I shall try to be perfect' is a bit of an impossibly high goal don't you think? For me, I'll use: I shall try not to be a huge pain in the butt.
I think it fits better  

And yes, it feels necessary to give feedback to people. I really don't like the fact it has to be a rule. (As in, I don't like that people will drop their poems and not even think of helping other people out.) The past day I spent a lot of time just reading people's critiques around the forum, and I already feel like it will benefit me a lot in my own poetry.