Honestly, don't see much of a change, other than removing the politics, which I thought was a great move. As my father once told me, one thing you NEVER discuss at a bar is religion and politics, and I've found that spot on.
I've met about 6 members from TBN in person, even had a member stay over my place with his wife on his ride back to Massachusetts.
Never met a person from this forum I didn't like.
I do think the written word can easily be misconstrued compare to actually talking with the person "in person". Lot of factors go into communication, and I do believe the written word can be the most trickiest to convey your thoughts.
That said, I'll be the first to admit I'm more rougher around the edges compared to others here as I have a bad habbit of writing before thinking and I'm not a real smart guy to begin with.
I honestly believe most of us have more in common than we think on this forum even if we don't always agree with each other. I do know my best friends in life don't always agree with me, but I appreciate that for their honesty and not telling me what they think I want to hear and they give me their honest opinion.
I do admire and respect a lot of members on this forum on how they handle themselves overall (better than myself), the OP being one of them.