First of all, sorry for any disappointment it might have caused you, behemoth, to see another member responding.

I too have noticed that John has virtually stopped responding in Feedback. And the last of his posts were mostly to stop members chitchatting in this forum.

Also I think appointment of mods has nothing to do with JJ not responding in FF, also that JJ are probably busy with JelSoft and vBulletin development work.

Anyways, I do think you are right. JJ = FF.
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