Well, I certainly recognise what Mr Anderson is talking about. I read this forum more than post on it, one reason being the self-righteous 'I am me and therefore cannot be wrong' nature of a lot of the posters. That soon degenerates to petty name calling and the like, whereas, it's perfectly easy just to ignore a person / thread if they get your goat - or at least respond with some kind of decorum. That FREED thread is a case in point - some of the 'banter' is simply childish name-calling / bear baiting - and the people who indulge in it? Well quite simply, you've lost any respect I may have had of you and your opinions when you turn up on a different thread. That's just my opinion though.

As for fRoots forum being heavily moderated - in my experience, Mudcat is the most heavily moderated forum I've ever posted on. No forum I've ever experienced has ever had such a strict 'Though Shalt Not Discuss The Forum' policy. I mean - even this post could be deleted. Maybe Mudcat is hosted in China? Or maybe, I'm inexperienced with forums.

A lot of Mudcat is very good, witty, fun and - for me the most important part - interesting and educational. Unfortunately, there are a fair few posters who feel that somehow being affiliated with the Folk World in some way makes them a better class of human being. It doesn't. If you're a bullying narrow minded arrogant ill-informed twat, you're still that twat even if you play concertina / run folk clubs / met June Tabor once / sing the same 6 songs week after week in some provincial folk hole.