As an anonymous visitor you will only see a fraction of the site. Members can log in and view private content behind the sophisticated front end. A very slick bulletin board system allows the mouse folks to interact with each other remotely. Addition-ally, the mousecontrol site is a clearinghouse for members to link to their own projects. For Web artists, links are the lifeblood of their work.
Collective links help to maximize exposure and increase ratings in search engines.
Working in digital presents an interesting dichotomy. Artistic content can be everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Anything that's reduced to 1's and 0's can be replicated infinitely, yet it can also be immediately deleted. Content can be safely saved on a hard drive, yet it's dependent on a pyramid of software, hardware and ever changing operating systems to present it. Digital works can theoretically last forever.