One of the things that attracted me to Mudcat was the level of intelligence and wit. Currently, I think we mostly reward stupidity and the complete lack of originality. Play that joke again, dude.

The titles are enough to turn me off. Stupid copycat shit that wasn't funny years ago and idiots who copy/paste ever news article they like with little or no opinion of their own. To much work to think up their own posts.

I don't think Joe reads every post. Personally, I avoid almost all of the political discussions because it's mostly the same people bitching about the same stuff and finding infinite ways of repeating themselves.

Personally, I'd like to see the 'look how funny I am' stuff removed from the auction. It's obvious those things are just meant to boost someone's ego. REAL joke items, meant to raise money, I don't have a problem with.

No more copycat threads. If you REALLY want to talk about something, give it its own title.

Copy/pastes of news articles deleted. I don't have a problem with people quoting bits of stories to support their views, but no copying whole articles. This makes it easy for our resident trolls. No work involved. I also believe the practice is a violation of copyright.

I expect the unoriginal and dull will be quite outspoken in the defense of these 'funny' and 'enlightening' activities. I doubt anything will change here, but I think Mudcat has become a 'home' for some really stupid   shit.