The Mudcat FB page is one of those that I would miss very much if it went away. I seldom post there - maybe three or four times that I can recall - but I lurk, I read others’ posts, watch their videos, and get information from there. And, dare I say it, it’s a very much more civilised (by which I mean ‘less combative’) place than the forum - no bust-ups, no politics, just music and music-based topics.

And, of course, people who post there do so under their real names (assuming their FB accounts are set up under their real names) - something I know Steve has often said he would prefer to be in operation on the forum (although I would not, for all the negative reasons Maggie sets out above.