Your diagnosis is interesting, Janie, but I don't believe it goes far enough. It's entirely possible that there is only one actual human being who posts to the Mudcat at all. That person is Max. All other "posters" are AI constructs who've taken on "personalities" based entirely upon characters in Terry Pratchet's "Discworld" books. Have you not noticed that Amos has a startling number of personality traits in common with Rincewind the inept sorcerer? Rapaire is, of course, the Librarian ("Ook!), while I seem to channel the personality of the Luggage. Perhaps that's why you weren't able to pigeonhole my personality in your analysis. All the others imagine themselves to be "human" while I see myself as an antisocial steamer trunk.