Good point clairerise about pushing for improvement. But I can tell you for me it isn't that, as I gave up on thinking improvement and change would be a regular part of the Mudcat experience back somewhere around late 1999. Some people will fight change tooth and nail, and this site is home to quite a few of that sort of folk.

That said, for me the dissatisfaction has never been enough to make me break the habit of coming here, as I do still do, but only now and then.

For those of us who have been online for over a decade, we do develop internet habits. Some people compulsively check their email. Some people compulsively do instant messaging. Some people compulsively check in at Mudcat. See what I'm getting at?

Just because you are dissatisfied with something doesn't mean it is of completely no use.

Take my hometown newspaper, for instance. Or should I say, please. Even though I detest the rag, I still check it several times a week for information I'm seeking. But that is because my online compulsion is information seeking. I'm a surfing junkie. And a gatherer of bookmarks.

Also, Mudcat has (I'm guessing, actually) a fairly high number of transients who just pass through here. Transients don't really care about the community. I guess I'm just a long term transient. I come and go, and don't really care about this community. However, there are two online communities I'm a regular at, where I do care about the communities. So I understand why people here care. I'm not contemptuous of it. I just look at Mudcat as one of those really dysfunctional families we all know, and often make fun of. :)