Mudcat is a strong and thriving forum, composed of two sections, which seems to satisfy the needs of the majority of users, whether members or guests.

Whatever Mudcat may be - the part of it that is our forum has never been broke (although there are a few technical giltches form time to time) but that has not prevented it from suffering from a number of 'fixes'.

It is those (now two devided sections) which do not seem to be strong or thriving enough to satisfy Joe Offer's requirements - that we are currently suffering the effects of.....Our forum was and is still a simple concept. We are invited by the site's owner to contribute what we will.

The worst fix has resulted in various fellow members - some of them anonymous who feel themselves qualified to impose their judgement upon the invited contributions of their fellow posters.

Now even this is now enough power for them to exert in order to shape our forum to their requirements. - so the intention is for them to profess to still like our forum but to press Max for yet more change and yet more fixes that will make it unrecognisable to the original simple concept. Whilst at the same time encouraging others posters to go away if they do not like what their current fix and indended change is.

But their intention for more imposed rules and more fixes won't stop at this point - despite the fact that each fix to complicate a simple concept only bring with yet more unforseen and unwelcome side-effects. But the concern of Joe Offer and Co appears to be not where the vehicle is going but only whose hand is on the wheel.

Not only don't fix it if it is not broke - but why not take the chance to unfix it so that the original simple concept can survive all the well-intentioned attempts that have been made to fix it in the past. And those who don't like this simple founding concept can go away and create something of their own - rather feeling they have any right to keeping imposing their persoanl requirements upon the rest of our forum.