where a few were give higher status than others

Based on your earlier positings I assume you include me in "a few" so I choose to reply.
I can tell you that I absolutely have no "higher status" than any other member. That I, like anyone else feel free to disagree with you does not give me a "higher status", only common sense.

You keep hammering on your misconception of an "old boys club" and I can tell you that none such exist in the forum.

Yes, there is an "old boys club" of a few of us that occasionally exchange e-mails on subjects not fit for the forum, but that has absolutely nothing to do with "higher status". In the forum there is only two groups: moderators and everyone else.

You can falsely blame Craig for all you wish, but, just this once, have a look at yourself. Just look at your sour reactions to anything but "WOW" as a reply to any of your posts in the past.

If by "higher status" you mean more replies, you can fix that easily enough by replying more often.

Erik