removing the newly registered forum:

[cjchaffin]

i ignored the forum in question when i first joined and went straight for the Mild Critique forum. i say dump it. safety nets are nice and all, but this is a poetry website with a high level of anonymity. people who are serious are having their work critiqued will have no problem with the reverse, and 5 crits is more than fair for someone to be able to receive the very feedback that they themselves are here for. assuming, that is, that they are here for actual feedback and not a handjob. coddling is for babies. poetry is for people who eat solid food. no need to ease them into something that they should already be familiar with if they are here for the right reasons. if they aren't, then that will be evident soon enough and Leanne can shame them publicly 

i know my advice sells for zero on the world market right now because i've been AWOL for so long, but i just thought i'd throw my two cents