I have felt the same way you do. I have spent some fretful hours trying to figure out how to change things, and I conclude that the situation is hopeless. Trying to change Mudcat is like pushing on a rope. But it needn't spoil your day.

After a while, you can learn to recognize the threads that are not about music. Ignore them. If you can't see enough music threads to interest you, set the age filter to, say, 7 days, and then click "refresh" to see more threads. Or plug the name of any interesting musician, band, song, or style into the "DigiTrad and Forum Search" and click "Go." You will find lots of interesting stuff to read.

If you find some good stuff in an old thread, and you have a comment to make, go ahead and post the comment, no matter how old the thread is. That will pop it to the top of the current list. Maybe someone else will find it interesting, too.

I think this is what my parents were trying to get across to me when I was a kid and I complained of being bored: "If you're bored, it's your own fault. The world does not have a responsibility to entertain you. Use some creativity. Entertain yourself. When the world sees that you're having a good time, they will join you."