Ian, I fear you miss the point. A forum that looses part of it's membership (particularly key members such as musical contributers in a largely music orientated forum) is broke. A forum where people feel forced to take on strange guest tactics, etc. is broke. A forum where the same rows crop up over and over again is broke.Please don't get me wrong as overall I like Mudcat and certainly would be contributing to BS threads. Also, in spite of my negative comments about one aspect of the operation of this forum, I acknowledge that Mudcat has some superb features and is very strong in many ways (FAR better than the Annexe in case anyone thinks... well you know). I do however frequently come up with the same questions:
Could we as users all help to make this place more liveable for everyone? YES
Could the availible technology be better used in an effort to assist in achieving the above aim? YES
Jon