Dom
The goal is to do something productive that encourages participation and hopefully encourages people to return and new people to engage. As well as the few of us that are active now.

The site appears to have undergone a transition. The dysfunction has been tamped down, cordiality has returned and the atmosphere is more conducive to this site’s best purpose, which is, being a social club for amateur, hobbyist songwriters.

Brian has employed some algorithm that apparently has greatly increased visitations. That gives you (and anyone else), an opportunity for more people to see songs that you produce and participate with theirs.

Songwriting site + monthly songwriting contest, seems like a natural enough fit.
It may not work, but it's worth a try. A site plagued by pointless arguments certainly wasn't working.

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