damn.

MiniFAQ (thinking out loud last night)

*we reserve the right to arbitrarily delete, alter and append any BS threads started by guests, and just so you know, most don't make it.

*personal attacks will be deleted

*remember these are living, loving, real human beings into traditional music, folk, blues, folklore, and lots of other awesome things just like you.

*Be aware that online community has an empathy deficiency and a greater degree of polarization. Be extra human.

*We really really dislike deleting things, more so when we're asked to, and reactive when demanded. Be prudent with your requests, don't make demands, compel us with a civil, if not delightful, reason.

*if you seek our counsel, listen to us. We've been doing this a long time, take this way to seriously, and are tenaciously thoughtful and protective of Folk and this community.

*mudcat is not a democracy, but compassionately impressionable.

*there are a couple topics that 15 years of our intensive and largely unpleasant research have been deemed impossible to allow. Disappointing, tragic even, but true. We make no promise of further explanation.

*we are people too. We are volunteers. We donate our time care for this place. Why? No, really, why do we do this?

*we are folk. this is the folk process. how do you want folk, the process, and your participation, thought-of and defined? Behave accordingly. We are not snooty, curmudgeonly, vitriolic, dogmatic know-it-alls. Or are we?