Kinda silly to compare on that level, I think-- the thing to think about is, how many songs are there posted in these "corrupted" threads? Anywhere else have that degree of participation resulting in that level of contributions?

What if this degree of zaniness is simply the byproduct (or attractant) you should expect when you get this many creative people thinking fast enough to process the mental songlists that make Mudcat the resource it is? What if the level of BS is simply what Mudcat has instead of the pop-up ads I can't seem to get rid of, everywhere else I look?

See, Earth is EARTHY!

I think if you look at each species of BS that flies through the air here, you would see that no single species is any more pronounced here than anywhere else people interact freely with other people-- and I think far LESS. The TOTAL effect is pretty extreme, but that's because the diversity means there is always SOMETHING flying around. This week it's this thread, which serves some and irritates some, next week it will be anti-religion posts and that serve some and irritate some, and then the next week, it will be prayer requests.

Is it all off-topic? I don't know, but I do know that the bitching, anti-religion, and prayer requests here are LESS prevalent and less pernicious than what I see IRL and elsewhere on the Net.

We don't self-police-- we do something BETTER. We interact and we cooperate, to an amazing extent, to be here at all!

Some people have a hard time getting with that program. It IS a challenge.

~Susan

~Susan