I'm not on Twitter. I've intended to join for some time, but I'm afraid my ass will take root in my chair and they will wade through hundreds of empty snack food bags to pry my cold dead hand off my mouse.

Bill, you're a philosophy geek, but that is one crappy analogy... or a simile or whatever it's a crappy one of.

There's a reason for toothpaste you aren't using to stay in the tube. You have to store your toothpaste someplace where you won't sit in it, and it IS possible to waste it. Sharing Mudcat threads is more like letting the oxygen out of the tank or letting the book out of the library. The only people who might think that's bad are those who want to horde those things. Maybe not so much with oxygen, but you know what I mean. It's not wasting anything, as nothing gets used up.

I don't think any of this sharing will invite more trolls in. I think it's far more likely it will let interested people know there's something being talked about they might enjoy. I don't think Google searches are always good for Mudcat, but I don't know.
We get some obnoxious people who come here because of Google, but we get some positive contributors. I have no clue how many people just search and find lyrics or information, because if they don't post, nobody knows they've been here.

Mudcat is going to keep picking up people no matter what. Might as well put out some bread crumbs for people who like folk music to follow.