that is why I don't see many new users joining here.
Maybe you can look on Amazon and see if you can buy a new pair of eyes. There are millions of registered users and countless new threads being started by newbies on an hourly basis. People from all over the world flock here to join bounties mainly, but also to learn about and discuss bitcoin.
As far as OgNasty goes, don't worry about him or his reputation. He can handle himself, and despite any red trust he's gotten, he's still able to do business with no problems. I think he's a total dick, but I wouldn't consider him untrustworthy and wouldn't tag him for his arrogance. It's basically a DT spat and doesn't reflect on the forum as a whole.
I think you're still a bit disgruntled because of the incandescent redness of your own trust page. Looks like justice in action to me.
I agree. BitcoinTalk can tick me off the quickest out of most communities I partake in, but overall I've gotten less sensitive at the quality that we're seeing today as well as the reputation shitstorms that pop up every so often. (They do seem to occur more and more often nowadays, but that's how it is sometimes.)
If you don't like the forum just leave... no point in sticking around and wasting time on something you don't like lmao

They actually do like the forum. Most of them would rather argue than eat. (Although I am guilty of this indulgence as well TBH.) Since there are plenty of people here, they will always find someone to feed them.
Yea I guess that's true, probably because they feel they put too much time in or something / have a connection
I think it's more of people reminiscing what the forum
has been in the past and comparing it to its current state - which I, for one, understand and oftentimes agree with.