I'm not so sure about all the false niceness, as it were. Doesn't really bother me. However I would point out that I rarely if ever post a list of people or say I like/don't like anyone who doesn't already know it. I feel that the longer you're on this forum, if you do it right and talk to people and exchange recs and opinions, those people come to realise how you feel about them. So really there's no need to post a list. Members A - R know I like them, Member S knows I don't, and so on. I'm sure anyone could tell me who I like and don't like just from the history of my posts, although of course I could be harbouring some simmering resentment that will boil over in a maniacal rage and explode in a fury of .... What? No, I think it was Briks. He went that way.
By the way, what's good for cleaning blood off an axe blade?