Yep, it's another of those "I'm leaving Mudcat" threads - guess some of us can't resist leaving quietly...

Has Mudcat changed since I joined? - I don't think so, at least not to any significant degree. The place has its ups and downs, maybe occasional very nasty spells but it seems to me to be pretty much a circular pattern and I suspect the same would be true for the balance of music/BS threads over my time here.

Have I changed? Yes, at least in terms of my attitude towards Mudcat. I started here fresh and met friendly people. As with any community, as time goes on, you start to get to know people better and inevitably like some people more and some less for various reasons. I guess to me, I no longer see the "all friendly Mudcatters together (except for the occasional flamer)" as a reality and haven't for some time.

The final point for me comes when I ask "What do I get out of Mudcat?" The answer, sadly, is "little anymore and certainly not enough to compensate for my own frustrations here, and, besides that, any friendships I have made here that mean anything will continue without me being a 'Mudcatter'".

Bye all.

Jon