That's too bad really.
There is MUCH for them to learn from a discussion site with a format such the Mudcat.

There is a very real downside to sites like MySpace and then there is the total inaccuracy of some of the information supplied on Sites such as Wik but if that is where some choose to go for what, at times is, complete misinformation then that, as always, is a matter of choice.

If I want to ask a question about the Origins of a particular Song or Melody and to hopefully find out the History attached to it I have found from personal experience that MySpace, Wik and a few other sources have thrown some real crap my way at times.
On the other hand hand I have ,and no doubt will continue to find the answers I require right here and usually with more input and knowledge that I could have hoped for and at a speed that often suprises me.
I have not found this to be the case on pretty much any other Musical Info Sites I have visited which is what brings me back to the Mudcat time and time again when I want a serious answer to a serious question.
What the Mudcat may lose it Traffic is perhaps what helps it retain in accuracy.
To anyone with more than a fleeting interest in the origins and History of American Traditional Music this may well be one of the more important reasons for the Mudcat's obvious attraction. Another Bonus I have found when visiting the Mudcat, it gives the enquirer a oppertunity to ask many People who have spent a fair portion of their Lives preserving the Trad Music of this Country. That is pretty cool in my book.
Time will tell.
New is not always good. Sometimes new is just that. New!