Peace, that's a great description of what makes Mudcat good, but I've yet to read anyone wax lyrical about the delights of reading about complaints about management/mudcat bureaucracy/and various analyses/interpretations of the motives of the cat gatekeepers.

Yes some posters other than Shambles have been abusive and intimidating, and I agree that they're more serious and more damaging. Shambles has been big on procedures, fairness, unfairness, and is either a voice in the wilderness or very aggravating depending on where you sit. I think he was previously given leave to post whatever the heck he wanted, so long as he confined it to particular designated threads, but he's been spreading posts on his themes into other threads again recently. This may have triggered the current development, not sure.