McGrath, I can show you a "commercial" site that is more of a community, at least for me. Carol prefers the Mudcat. In that community, people are generally friendlier and closer, without any cliques, No one can post as GUEST and threads have pages 40 posts long. I've met about a hundred members at five different gatherings including people from as far away as Wales and Australia. Problem is, it helps if you play guitar. Go to www.acousticguitar.com. Look for the discussion forums. The community feeling is particularly strong in "Talk Talk Talk".

Subject: RE: greg might just get angry very soon From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 20-Sep-02 - 08:26 PM

Claiming to be a community and being a community are not quite the same thing. But if you can come up with some places that really are comparable, by all means let us have them. I hate to think of the Cat ever folding, but even worse is the idea of the Cat folding without there being any real alternative to move to and link up with old friends.