Fortunately, any negativity and mockery that appears in these forums largely remains in the Off Topic forum.
Could be one of the reasons it is a lot less active than it used to be.

On the other hand, the Showcase continues to attract more and more users.
It is warm, inviting, encouraging.
Obviously, the people who make it that way are good with the "way it works" - as demonstrated by their posts in this thread.

"Self promotion" is not shameful.
It is the nature of the music business today.
And practiced (heavily) by many in this thread who are suggesting there is "something wrong" in the Showcase.
Should we talk about hypocrisy now?

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