The format is good but the politics is discouraging. The site is dominated by mostly retired, obscure people with little writing ability who indulge in a lot of behind the scenes mailing and form cliques and circles. This leads to a lot of mutual backslapping among them to the exclusion of those who do not indulge in such networking and social hobnobbing. As a result, talented and sincere writers often get embittered and leave. The site has lost a lot of traffic and membership due to these reasons.