Jeri, my impression is that 2 crises solidified the change from impersonal to personal here at Mudcat. Yes, we had started to get interested in knowing who the others on the site were, but it was catspaw's medical emergency & Max claiming that Mudcat was ending that caused us to realize that we deeply care about Mudcat's existence & the folks we know through it. Frankly, I don't know if there are other sites w/ this level of community. I hope there are or will be. I've thought, for sometime, that this is a very positive use of the Internet

best,

bbc