Hi, Ragdall-
I think you misunderstand Jeri. I think she's lamenting the fact that the welcoming, open atmosphere of Mudcat has diminished greatly in recent years. It has become well-nigh impossible to carry on an open discussion of many topics, because those topics are dominated by aggressive bullies who spew reams of propaganda about their pet topic, drowning all other discussion in their verbiage and their copy-paste logorrhea. If you'd like to just drop in and state your own opinion or ask a question in one of these discussions, you won't be heard - or if you ARE heard, you'll be scorned and excluded. I feel that way in such discussions myself.

I don't know how to change that - one frequent suggestion has been to ban non-members from non-music discussion and review their posts in the music section before they're made visible to readers.

I don't know what the solution is, but it would be wonderful to find a way to ensure that Mudcat is once again a home for friendly, rich, inclusive discussion.

-Joe Offer-