What does one have to do with the other?
[QUOTE=StreetMeat;1487237]There's a reason why there's only trade between senior members. You may not know this but this board has a lot of lurkers not to mention LEO monitors this board. I'm not going to give info that can be easily found on the fourm that LE already knows about or some guy that has 10 post that might be the next ted bundy. Personally I would say get out there get some experience under your belt and post about it![/QUOTE]You're adding confusion to justify trading. Senior members only sharing with senior members is one thing; it's fine and I support that.
Trading has nothing to do with that. I'm not complaining about not being a senior member on this board, I've been on boards for 10+ years and haven't yet been so overwhelmed by SW'rs or others that I can't meet elsewhere. Trading is an excuse. And it's silly. Has nothing to do with protecting anyone; you can't protect anyone whether they're senior or not, that's nonsense. You do it through trade instead of just sharing it because you believe it benefits you. I don't know why you would believe that because as you can see others won't share with you if you engage in trading; but, you may be of the mindset that you are controlling access, in which case I submit you are not keeping anyone safe if you're forcing someone to take a chance meeting random new people than through a board and whatever weak 'screening' being senior actually does have.