I'm in complete agreement with you, KT, but as you said, everyone is different. There are people on this board who are very sensitive and feel sorry for not getting an honorable mention. Others, like me, tend to be introverted and don't need to be the center of attention to get happy or excited. This is how I am in real life. Others, like you, are very outgoing and friendly, and I certainly wasn't referring to you as an attention whore (but there are people who would purposely do and say things to get a rise out of others).
The way things are going, this is becoming more and more like a glorified chatroom. I'm not really a big fan of "idle chatter," and I'd much rather listen to what insightful, constructive, or amusing things people have to say.