I am one of those who have been absent. I hope those who have changed the Mudcat from what it was into what it is are happy. I don't think it was ever intended to be a place where you can talk about everything except music and excuse it by calling it a sense of community. All you have done is make it uncomfortable for those who came for the music.

As to why I do not put my name, just look at what has happened to those who do, trashed by the ones who think they are free to deride those who do not agree with their point of view. I think you are not the majority, just the most vocal.