Shambles when I joined in 1999, I could see it had BS and music. I could also slso see there was discontent over this issue, a situation which contiued by my rekoning until late 2002/ early 2003.

I don't know about other who joined after me but I did join accepting there was BS and in fact have always posted to both sections. Had there been a poll, I would not have been voting to have BS banished from MC.

I could see more than one side though. Those having difficulty with BS included some who had been around longer than some of the more "prominant" BS posters. It certainly wasn't a new wave of people coming in later and deciding they didn't like BS. Also, the casualties, the ones who gave up (or did woirse) were largely musical.

The way I see it is that both BS'ers and non BS'ers had laid the foundations to the point where I'd joinded and the very early "work" was making a music forum. I saw no need for one side to have the "if you don't like what it is now (and probably wasn't when you started) attitude, especially as it was all so poinless.