I don't want to correlate this forum's comedown with the mixer ban, even though I've thought of it and it's likely one major factor, but what's the current picture of Bitcointalk according to you? To me, it's declining in genuine interest.
That's exactly what it is -- you don't wanna lookpast every single rationale, do you?. It could look to you like there are some other factors behind the deterioration but, practically, it's nothing more than what we've already known.
Meanwhile, we've got testimonies from people of the
old times and, they're all dismayed by the new-era forum and its atrophy. Sometimes, I'm almost left with nothing to read - leaving me an option to either struck my wooly hair and cogitate or log off for the day!
Now, to that, add that we've lost valuable members, some of which were intellectually influential, and you have an Internet board filled with mostly crap. What's the problem?
TIME!!
It's a major determinant for everything under the sun.
Your point about the dismay from the old times is one hundred percent accurate.
One time I PM'ed TheQuin asking him why he had a btc addy in his profile when I was a fresh newb. He said that it was for tipping "BACK IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF THE FORUM". You don't use that kind of language if you are happy with this place at ALL.