[2006alum]

while i would agree that it's not the first ad hominem post, i understand the moderator to say they are asking us to avoid such comments moving forward.

Bingo. FWIW, multiple people complained about 1996's post, which is part of what prompted my response. (We can't read everything on this site closely.) It's not at all necessary to insult other posters in order to express your disagreement with them. And we always prefer to nip that in the bud before we have to more formally enforce the board's rules.

[2006alum]

while i would agree that it's not the first ad hominem post, i understand the moderator to say they are asking us to avoid such comments moving forward.

Bingo. FWIW, multiple people complained about 1996's post, which is part of what prompted my response. (We can't read everything on this site closely.) It's not at all necessary to insult other posters in order to express your disagreement with them. And we always prefer to nip that in the bud before we have to more formally enforce the board's rules.