The PigPen's Resplendent Kaffeeklatsch

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So reading for the birthday poems I found myself in the very early days of the pen. A member posted 30 poems in the 4 months they were here, many in Intensive with comments only on their own threads as far as I could see, no edits. Billy and Addy were doing some pretty hefty lifting, both commenting on almost every thread, obviously a labor of love. It becomes clear where the must critique, must give back rules came from, I don't know how they did it. It's also clear how the group participation allowed the workshops to grow into what they are with an expectation of high efforts from the OP and critic alike.
Kudos.

man - you weren't fooling - 30 poems in a span of 2 months without a single comment on anything outside their own thread.  It takes a particular type of narcissism to believe that is the way it should work.

But never a change in tone from Billy and Addy, they read and commented the same from first to last. They seem to be waiting for the site to become strong enough to implement the vision we know and love, a give and take or get lost.