I think it’s more a symptom of this website which places a premium on continuous relatively redundant banter or “talk” rather than of bitcoin itself.  The most interesting and informative content on this forum was posted years ago when the community was less about making profits and more about using computers in a new and cool way.  

Bitcointalk will always have a place in history but I just don’t see real utility anymore.  Hopefully they won’t do an ico