I came to Mudcat because Marymac90 nagged me! (...and she nagged me because she knew I would enjoy it!) It wasn't until she (literally) kicked me in the butt that I figured it would be less dangerous to check out Mudcat than not to!! :^)

As for Leaving Loudly: As has been pointed out above, that makes one less person to answer a music question or discuss a music topic, which is a pity. On the other hand, if one complains that one cannot FIND enough here to interest him, then how much of the responsibility for that situation falls upon that person for not CONTRIBUTING material that interests him and may spark the interest of his fellow musicians? Don't know about anyone else here, but I don't own a silver platter upon which to serve people such as the Loudly-Leaving GUEST what they want.

I'm another Catter in favor of a split forum, simply for the ease and convenience of finding music threads without scrolling through the BS, and vice versa! I'm here to enjoy both, and I realize that music threads creep into BS, and that BS threads often make reference to music, so the Forum would never TRULY be "split". I like the setup of Jon Freeman's Annexe (by general topic), which is yet another alternative to Leaving Loudly.