This may seem silly, but I would like some of the experienced players to weigh in on the etiquette for playing against folks we know from FTR forum posts. I just met another FTR guy who plays where I do at similar stakes (grny). If we sit at the table together, it will be the first time I've played someone who I knew, whose opening range and AF I could guess before playing any hands. We obviously don't want to cheat, collude, or do anything that might make others think we're cheating. Here are some questions.
1. You probably respect their raises more than a complete unknown, but how much "respect" is "collusion to play soft"?
2. We all want a high fish-to-shark ratio. If someone we know is solid sits down, that takes a seat from a potential fish. There may not be enough great tables for two multi-tabling players to sit at all different games. Any thoughts on table selection with a good FTR player active at your site and at your level? (I play 6-max, and there may not be enough dead money to share, especially if the table shortens to 5 or 4 players.)
3. Do you chat with FTR'ers during play? If so, are any comments typically off limits like mentioning FTR?
4. What is the etiquette for posting a HH against another FTR player? Do you message them to get permission first? Probably shouldn't call them a donk, but it might be interesting to see two FTR'ers heads up and hear what both were thinking as they played it.
5. Given #4 happens, then #1 becomes even more of a potential problem.

Just curious how this works. I 've found FTR to be a major assistance to my improve as a poker player, and I would like to compete against some folks I can trust to play well. But I don't want to piss anyone off just from some naive but inappropriate action.