Well, Roger, something has to be done. When we get people fighting back and forth here, Mudcat becomes a battleground. It's just not a place where you can carry on an enjoyable conversation when you have somebody dumping nastiness into every discussion.

You've suggested that people police themselves, and that they ignore the nasty posts - but they don't, and it has taken away a lot of the joy of Mudcat.

I'm open to any and all suggestions, but it seems to me that it's time for members-only posting to BS, with membership paswords sent only to those with valid e-mail addresses, and for full review of Guest posts to the music section before they are released to public view. I see no value in the continued combat we've had, or in our continuing to protect the anonymity of those who want to cause trouble anonymously.

If you have a better idea, express it. Try to say something new, something true, and something constructive.


-Joe Offer-

P.S. I saw no reason for this thread to be closed, so I reopened it. I closed the "members only" thread. It has lived its life, and there is no need for the discussion to be duplicated in both threads.
And yes, there were about eight "Joe Offer" and "Martin Gibson" threads started today and yesterday, by the same two people. They had their say, all well-summarized in the first message in this thread. So, I deleted the eight threads because they were personal attacks.