As sometimes happens, The Mudcat is accused and perceived, usually by those that feel outside of it, as being a clique.

Would you wish to challenge that perception and if so how would you go about this? Bearing in mind that in reality a clique is more of a feeling than a concrete entity and that if someone, on the outside, feels that such a thing exists, then it probably does.

Clique: An exclusive set of associates.

If such a clique was considered undesirable on The Mudcat, how could you demonstrate that it did not exist?

More to the point how could you demonstrate and reinforce, that it WAS a clique, if that was considered desirable?

Such things are recognised as desirable by some, which of course, is why we have a word for it.