My own theory is that Max Spiegel rather enjoys all the guest/member fights that have become the most constant feature of Mudcat in the past year or two.

Almost all member-based forum on the Internet require a registration process before someone can post. Mudcat Cafe, home of constant battles over the issue, does not.

Max could fix that in an instant. He CHOOSES not to. Hence my theory that he enjoys watching the battles and the constant praising of Mudcat as "the greatest website since Al Gore invented the Internet" that ensues.