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Here's the way I see it. We have many boards here. Lyric 3 may be the most active, though the Genral Board gets by far the most traffic. The MP3 boards gets nearly as much traffic as Lyric 3. The Songwriter Board would likely be next.

We have people who are good friends on the General Board and the MP3 board and some of our most testy discussions take place on the general board. However we've never had a single "clique" complaint in 8 years about any board other than Lyric 3. (Keep in mind I am talking "clique complaints." BAL got more complaints than all others in history combined.. but that was about her psycho nasty self). So, where it may be possible (and likely) that the problem is exaggerated and misinterpreted, it's still clear that at the very least, the perception is that it's a big clique. And perception is reality sadly. (how's that for a clique cliche?).

I've noticed over the years that even my own posts here on Lyric 3 versus other areas of the site typically get little or no response. Even I often feel like an unwelcome outsider on my own website here on Lyric 3. So if I can feel that way, imagine what some new person may feel like.

When we had 1 lyric board, we didn't get any complaints. When we had 2 boards it became an "us versus them" type thing for quite a while. With 3 for a short time all of them got traffic but now it's gotten to the point where we have less new posts on all 3 boards than we had back when we had 1 single board years and years ago. On the other hand, all the other boards get more traffic than ever before. That's why I want to address how to get the Lyric community back on the positive side of the growth curve. Perhaps having 1 board causes more action and more action causes more posts, interest and excitement. People know they have to keep up with things or they will miss them. Or maybe it will go the opposite way and people will feel even more unable to get a word in edgewise. I don't know the answer. Which is why I asked.

Brian