Quote from: The Pharmacist on September 11, 2021, 11:12:04 PM

No, the question is why bitcointalk has become overrun by garbage shitposters in the last X number of years, and I'd say X>6, because it was just as bad when I registered as it is today--though there's been maybe some improvement because of the merit system.

The merit systems was introduced with purpose of stopping the spam poster to rank up and this has been successfull to some extent as many members who were airpdropped the initial merits are still having the same amount of merit with them because they're not able to make any quality posts on the forum.There were still such posts and still they are continuing with the same pace and spamming up the whole threads as you could see the post quality being degraded every time.The campaign participants are just in rush to complete their signature campaign requirements and overlooking what the discussion is about and write off topics content which is full of crap materials.

The user base is also decreasing because the signature campaign required merits ams and members are unable to have any and eventually their sole purpose is not being fulfilled and they just leave th forum but it's good not to have any such members.

Quote from: The Pharmacist on September 11, 2021, 11:12:04 PM

For older members, sometimes it can make them want to pull their hair out, especially if they're trying to read threads in sections like Bitcoin Discussion. That should be the most sacred of sections, and yet it's nothing but a wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling shitbox of crap. Haven't you noticed that?

The golden section and the most main section of the forum is now turning to be full of such spam threads and newbies and other members writing up the same thing which is usually wrong information and misguided content.Whenever their is news in market whether it's rumour they just create similar threads about them without any investigation and posting the links to the thread and end up violating the rules also.

Quote from: Lucius on Today at 10:02:31 AM

I don't know if you had a chance to be here during 2016/17 or before, but for those who remember that time the forum has definitely changed for the better, at least in the sense that a large part of spammers, shitposters and scammers have been permanently deleted ( banned). However, I would not agree that there are no users who contribute to the forum and are not fluent in English (although it is not their mother tongue).

It was somehow golden period of the forum and you could see literally technical and well made discussion rather than seeking bitcoin investment advice and other spam threads we came across daily now and the well written threads are buried under the piles of such garbage threads.Speaking up of English then wr can see that most of the local board users are one's creating quality and effective posts on the forum in English as well and for those who don't understand it can always try to come across of their comfort zone and try to learn it.