The vast majority of forums (fora?) I've encountered on the internet allow you lurk and read to your heart's content, but if you want to post or start a thread, you have to register. Mudcat doesn't do that (so far), which has certain advantages to those occasional visitors who might have a serious question to ask or a serious contribution to make. But when a visitor spends more time on the forum and starts more threads than the registered folks do, well, that could be okay, too. Provided the threads have some genuine merit consistent with the website as a whole. But when the visitor clutters up the bandwidth with frivolous or malicious threads, that's called "abusing the privilege" And make no mistake, it is a pivilege to be able to participate in what Mudcat has to offer.

So far, Mudcat has been pretty open. Perhaps it's time to draw the line.

Don Firth