It surprises me to see talk of prettying-up the site to look more appealing to younger folks. The info/discussion/music here isn't mainstream and I guess it strikes me as strange to think of Mudcat looking like a trendy mainstream site.

I don't know where/how the rest of you got your music, but my path wasn't mainstream or trendy and I'm not sure I'd appreciate the experience as much if it was handed to me without Me having to adjust myself to becoming absorbent.
Do you think making this look like other sites would enhance what we've got going here? Isn't it ok for youngers to go to some effort to learn how to learn/participate on a site that doesn't look like the ones they're used to seeing?

Those youngsters are hypothetical.
Is there anything wrong with having a site that's comfortable to most of the members who are here now?

Max will fancify it when the time comes and I'm content waiting until then. I'm in no hurry to see the discussions filled up with cute little smileys, flyby text-talk and teenage code. I prefer conversations that involve full words and complete sentences.


(probably not phrased clearly..but it's a sincere question)