I would probably blame it not so much on the price but on the drop in ICOs that really pay and the amount of reward claimed.
We might have hit a price where is more profitable to solve captchas than "doing bounty".
You may be right. But whether it's profitability or Merit, less ICO spam is a good thing anyway.
I've updated the OP:
- In the first week after the announcement, 286408 posts were made (-19.05%).
- In the second week after the announcement, 280503 posts were made (-20.72%).
- In the third week after the announcement, 259694 posts were made (-26.60%).
- In the fourth week after the announcement, 263685 posts were made (-25.47%).
- In the fifth week after the announcement, 240339 posts were made (-32.07%).
- In the sixth week after the announcement, 240045 posts were made (-32.15%).
- In the seventh week after the announcement, 219689 posts were made (-37.91%).
- In the eighth week after the announcement, 217774 posts were made (-38.45%).
- In the nineth week after the announcement, 215135 posts were made (-39.20%).
- In the tenth week after the announcement, 199486 posts were made (-43.62%).
I think what I am trying to say is that the way this forum FEELS, makes it extremely unappealing for real, NEW members to become involved. It's almost as if you have to "prove" yourself because there is such a pandemic of fake shitposters. But the shitposters are allowed to continue being shitposters. Things seem to only be modified to make it HARDER for real people to become "worthy" of being considered valid (so to speak).
Although your post is slightly off-topic, you're clearly a real user who can add value to this forum. And indeed, new users must prove themselves, but when they do, they can quickly stand out by earning Merit.
Many high ranking users love seeing real new users (and hte future of this forum depends on it).
And even though I am very very new to the internet and forums in General, it is NOT HARD to pick out a fake, shitposter. Literally, it can pretty much be done by picking even one post at random from someone. Why not just take a hardline stance against those types of accounts? This isn't a utopian democracy is it? Start lining them up and just pulling the trigger.
Many accounts get banned each day, but there's a fine line between censorship and banning shitposters. This forum offers more freedom than any other forum I've seen online, but it comes at a price.