First names makes it difficult for some of us to follow along

This is just meant as a comment and something to think about. Many of the people on this site, especially east off the Mississippi, know each other on a first name basis I guess from shows and the close proximity of the states. Often when I'm reading through a multipage thread that's very technical with many people offering input and then others responding to that input, those responses get directed back to the member by their first name. Pretty soon everybody is responding to others by first name. It makes it very difficult for us who don't know all you folks to follow a thread and match up who said what and who is responding to which comments when all we see beside those comments are their screen names.

It's kind of frustrating when there has been a number of solutions offered over several pages and then somebody writes something like, "That's solved the problem, Joe." I look back and see all the ideas but have no idea who Joe is. I could post and ask but when there's a number of people spread out over several pages it just gets to be too much trouble to figure out.

All you guys and gals are friends and that's fantastic because that's what it's all about. But maybe when it's a tech thread or something offering up solutions or ideas you can include their screen name in your reply so the rest of us can follow and learn too.

There I go sounding like the guy dropping a turd in the party punch bowl. I don't mean to be "that guy"- I just want to be able to follow along when I'm having the same issue and find a solution that works.