The garbage in the below the line posts has turned away more than one person seriously interested in music.

I post stuff below the line, and find some threads of interest, but as Gargoyle says, there are vermin down there that post only to show their ignorance. A thread may start seriously, but often is drowned in mindless argument and name-calling. Some have never posted above the line and seemingly no interest in music. Their kind should have been barred long ago.

Like Charley, I agree that the lyrics and knowledge archives are important for many of us, and many visitors as well. Perhaps the main reason that Mudcat continues.

Very little in the way of new material is being posted; the Noels thread by Monique and Artful Codger a welcome exception.